Marilyn Monroe: A Biography

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From President Kennedy's birthday gala where Monroe sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President."

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The Kennedys

On May 19, 1962, Monroe made her last significant public appearance, singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a televised birthday party for President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden. The dress that she wore to the event, specially designed and made for her by Jean Louis, sold at an auction in 1999 for USD $1.26 million.[128]

Rumors have existed since the 1960s that Monroe had affairs with John or Robert Kennedy, or both.[129] While reports of an affair with President Kennedy were covered up until the 1970s, a pamphlet published after Monroe's death in 1964 entitled The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe, by investigator Frank Cappell, alleged a relationship between Monroe and Robert Kennedy.[129] JFK's mistress Judith Exner also wrote about an affair that she says the president and Monroe had in her 1977 autobiography.[129]

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Administration of estate

In her will, Monroe left Lee Strasberg her personal effects, which amounted to just over half of her residuary estate. She expressed her desire that he "distribute [the effects] among my friends, colleagues and those to whom I am devoted."[130] Instead, he stored them in a warehouse, and willed them to his widow, Anna. After successfully suing Los Angeles-based Odyssey Auctions in 1994 to prevent the sale of items taken by Monroe's former business manager, Inez Melson, in October 1999, Christie's auctioned the bulk of the items, including those recovered from Melson's family, netting US $13,405,785.

Anna Strasberg then sued the children of four photographers to determine rights of publicity, which permits the licensing of images of deceased personages for commercial purposes. The decision as to whether Monroe was a resident of California, where she died, or New York, where her will was probated, was worth millions.[131]

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On May 4, 2007, a judge in New York ruled that Monroe's rights of publicity ended at death.[132][133][134] In October 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 771.[135] The legislation, which was supported by Strasberg and the Screen Actors Guild,[136] established that non-family members may inherit rights of publicity through the residuary clause of the deceased's will provided that the person was a resident of California at the time of death.[137]

In March 2008, the United States District Court in Los Angeles ruled that Monroe was a resident of New York at the time of her death, citing that the executor of her estate told California tax authorities as such, and that a 1966 sworn affidavit by her housekeeper quoted Monroe as saying that she considered New York City to be her primary residence.[138] The decision was reaffirmed by the United States District Court of New York in September 2008.[139]

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[edit] Notes
1.   ^ She obtained an order from the City Court of the State of New York and legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe on February 23, 1956.
2.   ^ Marilyn Monroe's Official Web site .::. Fast Facts
3.   ^ Churchwell, pp. 150-151
4.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 33
5.   ^ a b c d Summers, p. 5
6.   ^ Churchwell, p. 151
7.   ^ Churchwell, p. 150, citing previous biographers Anthony Summers, Donald Spoto and Fred Guiles
8.   ^ L.A.County Hall of Records Case No. D-53720, 05MAR1927
9.   ^ Mortensen's Death and documents
10.   ^ Churchwell, p. 154
11.   ^ Kovan, Florice Whyte, A Ghost Materialized - Ben Hecht Finally Credited on Marilyn Monroe's Memoir, (2001) Snickersnee Press[1]
12.   ^ Riese and Hitchen, p. 288
13.   ^ Summers, p. 27
14.   ^ Summers, p. 38
15.   ^ Summers, p. 43
16.   ^ a b Summers, p. 45
17.   ^ Staggs, p. 92
18.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 228
19.   ^ Summers, p. 50
20.   ^ Evans, pp 98-109
21.   ^ Wiley and Bona, p. 208
22.   ^ "Biography of Gregg Palmer". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658250/bio.
23.   ^ a b Summers, p. 58
24.   ^ Evans, p. 112
25.   ^ Evans, p. 128-129
26.   ^ Summers, p. 67
27.   ^ Jewell and Harbin, p. 266
28.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 93
29.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 545
30.   ^ a b Riese and Hitchens, p. 132
31.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 336
32.   ^ a b Churchwell, p. 233
33.   ^ Summers, p. 74
34.   ^ a b Churchwell, p. 62
35.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 340
36.   ^ Churchwell, p. 234
37.   ^ Summers, p. 71
38.   ^ Summers, p.59
39.   ^ Russell, p. 137
40.   ^ Russell, p. 138
41.   ^ Churchwell, p. 63
42.   ^ http://www.palmspringslife.com/Blogs/The-Life/January-2009/The-Man-Who-Dressed-Marilyn-Monroe-the-legendary-William-Travilla/
43.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 222
44.   ^ Summers, p. 86
45.   ^ "The 2006 Motion Picture Almanac, Top Ten Money Making Stars". Quigley Publishing Company. http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
46.   ^ Summers, pp. 85-86
47.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 139
48.   ^ Server, p. 249
49.   ^ a b Churchwell, p. 65
50.   ^ Summers, p. 92
51.   ^ Summers, pp 93-95
52.   ^ Summers, p. 96
53.   ^ Riese and Hitchen, p. 338
54.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 440
55.   ^ Summers, p. 101
56.   ^ Summers, p. 103
57.   ^ Summers, pp 103-105
58.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 129
59.   ^ Summers, p. 119-120
60.   ^ "Milton H Greene - Archives of The World Famous Photographer". http://www.archivesmhg.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
61.   ^ Summers, p. 128
62.   ^ Strasberg, p. 54
63.   ^ Summers, p. 129
64.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 325
65.   ^ Summers, p. 142
66.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 124
67.   ^ Summers, p. 130
68.   ^ a b c Summers, p. 145
69.   ^ a b Riese and Hitchens, p. 475
70.   ^ Summers, p. 146
71.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 309
72.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 275
73.   ^ Summers, p. 151
74.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 276
75.   ^ Summers, p. 154
76.   ^ Summers, p. 139
77.   ^ a b Riese and Hitchens, p. 326
78.   ^ a b Summers. p 157
79.   ^ Olivier, pp 211-212
80.   ^ Olivier, p. 213
81.   ^ Churchwell, p. 261
82.   ^ Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly MO, Friday, 2 Aug 1957, p. 6, cols 6-7, article: "Marilyn Monroe Loses Her Baby By Miscarriage."
83.   ^ Churchwell, p. 262
84.   ^ Churchwell, p. 264
85.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 111
86.   ^ Wyatt, Petronella (2008-04-18). "Tony Curtis on Marilyn Monroe: It was like kissing Hitler!". Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-560606/Tony-Curtis-Marilyn-Monroe-It-like-kissing-Hitler.html. Retrieved on 2008-10-26.
87.   ^ Churchwell, p. 265
88.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 489
89.   ^ a b Summers, p. 178
90.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 2
91.   ^ Summers, p. 177
92.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 552
93.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 269
94.   ^ Summers, p. 183
95.   ^ Summers, p. 186
96.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 270
97.   ^ Summers, p. 188
98.   ^ Summers, p.189
99.   ^ a b Summers, p. 190
100.   ^ Strasberg, p. 134
101.   ^ a b Summers, p. 194
102.   ^ Summers, pp 192 & 194
103.   ^ Goode, p. 284
104.   ^ Summers, p. 195
105.   ^ Goode, pp 284-285
106.   ^ Harris, p. 379
107.   ^ a b c d Summers, p. 196
108.   ^ a b Summers, p. 198
109.   ^ Summers, p. 199
110.   ^ Summers, p. 202
111.   ^ a b Summers, p. 268
112.   ^ Summers, p. 271
113.   ^ a b c Summers, p. 274
114.   ^ a b Summers, p. 275
115.   ^ Richard, Meryman (1997-09-14). "Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman". guardian.co.uk reproducing an edited version of the original interview published by Life Magazine, August 7, 1962. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2007/sep/14/greatinterviews. Retrieved on 2008-07-27.
116.   ^ a b c Summers, p. 301
117.   ^ Riese and Hitchens, p. 491
118.   ^ Wolfe, Donald H. The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe. (1998) ISBN 0787118079
119.   ^ Summers, pp. 319, 320
120.   ^ Clayton, p. 361
121.   ^ Reed, Jonathan M. & Squire, Larry R. The Journal of Neuroscience, May 15, 1998, 18(10):3943-3954.
122.   ^ Goolsby, Denise (2006-06-26). "Meet Marilyn Monroe photographer Saturday". The Desert Sun. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20071213031710/http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060626/UPDATE/60626018. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
123.   ^ Shea, John (2006-05-17). "JOE'S BID-NESS: DiMaggio's granddaughters are selling off their memorabilia". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/17/SPGLFIT1GH1.DTL. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
124.   ^ Arthur Miller, Timebends, 1987, New York, Grove Press, p. 359, ISBN 0-8021-0015-5
125.   ^ "Popsie & Poopsie". Time Magazine. 1960-11-21. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874202,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-11-07.
126.   ^ Stillman, Deanne (1999-09-26). "ART/ARCHITECTURE: The Alchemy of an Icon: Marilyn Monroe at Auction; A Lasting Charisma That Still Turns the Ordinary Into Gold". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E0DD163FF935A1575AC0A96F958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/K/Kennedy,%20John%20Fitzgerald. Retrieved on 2008-11-07.
127.   ^ "1961: End of the road for Monroe and Miller". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24/newsid_4588000/4588212.stm. Retrieved on 2008-11-07.
128.   ^ ([dead link] – Scholar search) Marilyn's hot 'Happy Birthday' dress brings in a cool million, CNN, 1999-10-28, http://www.cnn.com/STYLE/9910/28/monroe.auction.01/, retrieved on 2008-09-16
129.   ^ a b c Frum, David (2000). How We Got Here: The '70s. New York, New York: Basic Books. p. 28. ISBN 0465041957.
130.   ^ "The Will of Marilyn Monroe". Court TV. http://www.courttv.com/archive/legaldocs/newsmakers/wills/monroe.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
131.   ^ Koppel, Nathan (2006-04-10). "A battle erupts over the right to market Monroe". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06100/681034-28.stm. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
132.   ^ "Judge rejects Monroe claim to photographer profits". ABC News. May 5, 2007. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/05/05/1915318.htm. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
133.   ^ Photographer's Heirs Prevail in Dispute over Marilyn Monroe Images, et al.
134.   ^ Hoskins, Michael W. (2008-03-19). "Indy firm loses Marilyn Monroe rights case". cms.ibj.com. http://cms.ibj.com/ASPXPages/6iframes/FrontEndArticlesDetailPage.aspx?ArticleID=12716&NoFrame=1. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.
135.   ^ info.sen.ca.gov SB 771 Accessed 31 December 2008
136.   ^ Screen Actors Guild on SB 771 Accessed 31 December 2008
137.   ^ Long-Dead Celebrities Can Now Breathe Easier New York Times October 24, 2007 Accessed 31 December 2008
138.   ^ Marilyn Monroe Estate Takes a Hit The Wall Street Journal Online April 1, 2008 Accessed 31 December 2008
139.   ^ Indiana Company Loses Marilyn Monroe Lawsuit Inside Indiana Business September 4, 2008 Accessed 31 December 2008
140.   ^ "Hecht Wrote Marilyn Monroe's Memoir "My Story"". http://benhechtbooks.net/ben_hecht__marilyn_monroe. Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
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Promotional photograph for the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl

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Promotion photo: Marilyn Monroe, ingenue lead in Columbia's Ladies of the Chorus demonstrates the proper way to make up the lips....

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. promotion photo for Columbia's Ladies of the Chorus, 1948

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Spike Jones, Marilyn Monroe and Ken Murray posing for camera at eighth annual Los Angeles Times charity football game, 1952
Published caption: MARILYN AND FRIENDS-- Spike Jones, Marilyn Monroe and Ken Murray, who supplied laughs, etc., during the between-halves entertainment program at eighth annual Times charity game at the Coliseum. Rams won, 45-23

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With Jane Russell in 1953.

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