What is it about Marilyn Monroe that still enthralls us? Certainly her beauty was a factor, but there have been many beautiful starlets who haven’t come close to the near idolization that Monroe commanded-and still does.
She was found dead on this date in 1962. Forty-seven years later, her death (and life) is still shrouded in mystery. Although her demise was ruled a “probable suicide”, the fact that she was nude, with a telephone is one hand when found seems to lend more intrigue to the case.
Perhaps the fact that she was a tragic figure made her interesting to America. A decent actress perhaps, but not critically acclaimed, her marriages to playwright Arthur Miller and baseball legend Joe DiMaggio gave her a “bigger than life” persona that never translated to personal happiness.
By 1961, she was under the constant care of a psychiatrist for depression. In recent decades, there have been several conspiracy theories about her death. One contends that she was murdered by John and/or Robert Kennedy, with both of whom she allegedly had love affairs.
Check out this two-part video on the death of Marilyn Monroe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiYSwUhCnx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fX3_hmePsw
The bottom line is that we will probably never REALLY know what happened. The tragedy is that a young and beautiful woman who seemingly had everything a person could want: looks, fame, fortune and more—could be so unhappy.
Perhaps there is a lesson for all of us “regular people”-that striving to achieve these empty goals won’t fulfill us-that our sense of self-worth and contribution need to come from within-and not the external symbols that we tend to associate with “success”.
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