I remember her on the screen, huge as a colossus doll, mincing and whispering and simply hoping her way into total vulnerability. Gloria Steinem
August 5th 1962: Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles home. The coroner decides it was probable suicide. The verdict seemed plausible. Marilyn Monroe: The Missing Evidence, Channel 5 2014
A claim that on the last night of her life she had a confrontation with a man the official reports have never mentioned. ibid.
Around midnight housekeeper Eunice Murray says a light was on in Marilyn’s bedroom; by 3.30 a.m. the light is still on and the door locked. ibid.
Close friends claim that the rejection drove Marilyn to threaten to go public with their affair. A threat that would ultimately lead to her death. ibid.
There was no glass or water to swallow the pills. The caps were neatly placed on the bottles. The body looked staged on the bed. ibid.
She and her diary were a very real danger to the Kennedys. ibid.
Three of the five people present that night eventually confirm that [Dr Ralph] Greenson was with Marilyn when she died ... Greenson and Marilyn saw each other every day. ibid.
Lawford said that he had heard Robert Kennedy call Dr Greenson on the day Marilyn died. ibid.
When assistant coroner Thomas Naguchi requests toxocology tests to establish the precise details of her overdose, he is told her organ samples have been disposed of. ibid.
Marilyn was found dead in the bedroom of her Hollywood home. Autopsy: Marilyn Monroe, Channel 5 2015
There were eight different types of drugs around her when she died. ibid.
Nembutal ... Marilyn was already being prescribed Chloral Hydrate for her sleeplessness ... Nembutal on top of Chloral Hydrate was like signing her death warrant. ibid.
On August 5th 1962 screen star Marilyn Monroe was found dead of barbiturate poisoning: was it really a suicide as her millions of fans were lead to believe? … Was it an accident or was Marilyn Monroe the victim of a murder? In Search of s5e19 … The Death of Marilyn Monroe, History 1981
‘Almost immediately it seemed to be the doctors appeared.’ ibid. housekeeper’s interview
Rumours of a cover-up started with Marilyn’s close friends just after she died. True Crime Recaps: Conspiracy Theories on the Death of Marilyn Monroe, Youtube 14.22, 2022
Did a potential love affair with JFK and his brother Bobby lead to her demise? Did the CIA or the Mafia take her out to get revenge on the Kennedys? Did she know too much about aliens or other top secret government subjects? Or was Marilyn Monroe among the first in a long line of opioid deaths that have plagued the country since the days of black and white movies? ibid.
Marilyn Monroe was the golden girl of Hollywood’s golden age. Star of over 30 films, classics like The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot. She was cast as the dumb blonde over and over. In this programme we reveal that behind the stereotype was a witty intelligent trailblazer who stood up for racial and gender equality, single-handedly took on the big guns, and won. Marilyn: The Movie Star Who Changed the World, Channel 5 2024
At 35 year old Marilyn Monroe was the most famous film star in the world. 11 weeks later she was dead. ibid.
‘Marilyn’s stardom was becoming very real and powerful.’ ibid.