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Marilyn Monroe: Eve Arnold
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Other items from "Marilyn Monroe: The Exhibit," which goes on display today at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, veer from sentimentality straight into voyeurism. For $22.95, the public can ogle intimate items from Monroe's boudoir, such as a pair of her panties, a bra and even a girdle.
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On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Brentwood, California home of an overdose of sleeping pills. There has been much speculation about the events surrounding Marilyn's death. The drug overdose was probably accidental. Marilyn is buried at Westwood Memorial Cemetery.
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If she had lived, Monroe would celebrate her 80th birthday in June. This film is aimed at the persistence of her image. Through interviews with photographers such as Eve Arnold, Arnold Newman, Elliott Erwitt, George Zimbel and Phil Stern, and especially through the photos themselves, "Still Life" captures moments of great triumph and great tragedy. From the 1949 nudes - she posed because she needed money - to the classic air grate photo from The Seven Year Itch through the final shots taken by George Barris in 1962, the photographs remain as an ageless memento of her guts, grace and sexiness.
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Marilyn died late on the evening of August 4th, 1962 of acute barbiturate poisoning. She overdosed on the drugs Nembutal and Chloral Hydrate, both prescribed for insomnia. How this overdose came about is the subject of much curiousity and controversy. The death theories can be summed up into four main categories: Suicide, Self-administered accidental overdose, Accidental overdose administered by someone else, and Murder. Here are the basic theories:
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After shooting what was claimed to have been the first ever nude scene by a major motion picture actress, Monroe's attendance on the set became even more erratic. On June 1, her thirty-sixth birthday, she attended a charity event at Dodger Stadium.
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Marilyn sang this song on May 19, 1962. She died less than three months later on August 5, 1962. This video was one of her last public appearances. Also, there were many rumors that Marily and JFK were having an affair at the time she sang this song, which gives this song even more meaning.
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