Marilyn Monroe stamp issued in 1995
Posted on 09/25/2010 2:24:02 PM PDT by Niuhuru
Still, his love for her was sincere and yes, after her untimely death, he did arrange a very private funeral and placed flowers on her grave for most of the remainer of his life (Joe died in 1999). Their story is eternally compelling because they were both 'larger than life', although Marilyn was the ostensible extrovert while Joe was the introvert, adverse to publicity. We like to think that had Joe and Marilyn stayed together, she would have lived and they could have enjoyed a long, happy life together - but who really knows? Still, it's fun to speculate and does no harm. Besides, a photo of the lovely Marilyn Monroe is always a welcome sight. Even on FR.
Marilyn wasn’t entirely a victim. She played the Hollywood game and played it willingly. She was already self destructive and Elizabeth Taylor made it through and is still alive (husbands/drugs regardless) and she willingly worked like a fiend to break into the inudstry. Joe wanted her to respect herself and grow up and be a real wife and mother, but Marilyn also wanted a Hollywood career.
Based on Monroe’s activities during the last two years of her life I think it’s possible. Several very close to Monroe believed the Kennedy’s were absolutely involved and swore she was going to blow the whistle on them and others.
I think you hit the nail on the head. Joe loved her for herself, but Marilyn didn’t take to it. I think at the root, Marilyn was a sex bomb and didn’t know how else to be. Joe didn’t want her to be exploited, but Marilyn couldn’t get herself together enough to properly balance a life in entertainment with a life as a wife.
Over the years I had not really cared much on her. Then as the years pass and I see more and more info about her death, you wonder. One will never truly know.
I wish I could say more of what I have been told by credible sources....I would not only appear as a nut, but would jeopardize my own privacy.
There really was something about her...
Well, she was and is one of a kind.
Who cares!! What is the latest with Lindsy Lohan?
I think that Marilyn let her fantasies control her perceptions too much. This isn’t politically correct, but back then, as is quite a bit now still, if you are an actress, people will think of you as a sex object, not a person to get to know for your mind. Back then, it was doubly reinforced. The Kennedy men all married for social prominence and ambition and had showgirls and actresses on the side. Prominent men didn’t marry them or leave their wives for them.
I don’t know if you know this, but Dorothy Dandridge, the first black woman to be nominated for an academy award, was wooed by a wealthy Argentine banker. Dorothy had fantasies of marriage, but the banker was married and wanted to keep her as his mistress, “concubina” in Spanish. He said to her (Dorothy) that to marry an actress would ruin his professional and social standing. Say the least that he was already married.
I think that IF they did bump her off, it was because of that phone call she made to Jackie, threatening to break up the marriage or something. Either that or threatening Jackie herself. But I personally believe that Marilyn simply self destructed and couldn’t live with herself in the end. Couldn’t live with facing reality. She was on a downward spiral for a long time I think.
There are stories that he was insanely jealous of her and beat her.
Marilyn Monroe stamp issued in 1995
wheres the the proof of that though ?
Odd that you should mention Lindsey.
Marilyn Monroe was always one of my favorites. She was self-destructive and had emotional problems but she was so beautiful and had that vulnerability about her.
Back in the day there was much talk about her being murdered. There’s no doubt that her death was odd and mysterious and the Kennedy’s would not hesitate if their reputations were at risk.
Maybe someday we’ll know??
But about Lindsey Lohan. I used to say that she was the one new star who reminded me of Marilyn. She is/was really beautiful. It’s too bad.
I once read in a bio of Marilyn that she and a girlfriend were walking down a street in NYC. They were dressed casually in slacks and overcoats. The friend was astonished that no one recognized Marilyn. Marilyn told her to wait and it was like she flipped a switch on inside of her because all at once she started being mobbed by people who recognized her. The friend said that Marilyn knew exactly what she was doing when she “flipped that switch”.
It’s interesting to note how devastated she was after her divorce was granted and they auctioned off her wedding band from their marriage a few yrs. back so she held onto it and there was talk of remarriage for them at the end, but we’ll never know as Joe never talked, but I think that was her strongest tie to a man for a girl who struggled in her life.
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I’m sure Dimaggio was a decent enough man and that he loved Marilyn- or at least was wildly infatuated with her, but he was insanely jealous of her.
The real trouble started before the famous skirt blowing scenes, when during the honeymoon overseas, Marilyn accepted a request to entertain U.S troops in Korea.
Joe was reportedly insanely jealous over this and beat her, breaking her thumb.
He should have known what her life was like, that she was not going to give it up, and not gotten himself involved with her.
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Beat might be too strong of a word, though it’s been said that he would smack her at times. Joe had some problems.
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