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Actress Anna Strasberg, the third wife of legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg and the ultimate inheritor of Marilyn Monroe’s estate, has died at the age of 84. Her death was announced by The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, which she co-founded and where she served as artistic director, promoting his teachings, popularly known as Method acting. “Anna ensured that The Institute became a beacon for aspiring actors, and remains a cherished space for artistic exploration and growth,” the announcement said. “Her lifelong commitment to The Method and unwavering devotion to The Institute have left an indelible mark on the...

In the later years of his life, Frank Sinatra would often reminisce about his loves, his losses and the friends he missed most, including Marilyn Monroe. While the events surrounding what really happened on August 4, 1962 when the star was found dead from a drug overdose remain a mystery, Sinatra's close confidant and former road manager Tony Oppedisano, whose memoir Sinatra and Me: In The Wee Small Hours, is excerpted in this week's PEOPLE, says the singer didn't believe it was an accidental overdose. "Frank believed she was murdered," he writes, "and he never got over it."

August 4, 1962, was Marilyn Monroe’s Deathday. In May 1962, Marilyn Monroe sang her legendary breathy version of "Happy Birthday, Mr President" to JFK at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Madison Square Garden. Two and a half months later, on August 4, at home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, she died. In The Guardian, in 2016, David Thomson described her appearance in May 1962 with these words: "....... (she) stood there, with her massed blonde waves jutting off to one side, like the control on tower (of) an aircraft carrier, in a dress that could have been painted on her. ..........

June 1, 2023, is Marilyn Monroe’s 97th birthday In some or many male hearts and dreams, she is very much alive. She was available. “What do I wear in bed?” she pretended to ask herself, “Why, Chanel No.5, of course.” The fantasy was so good that it became real. “If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.” Her reality sometimes went happily, but tragically too: these are believed to be her last words spoken to actor Peter Lawford: She was “tired and would not be coming” to dinner. “…… say goodbye to the president (Lawford’s brother-in-law), and...

Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, but she still excites the public so much that her chest X-ray sold for $45,000. She's the subject of 1,000 books, the inspiration for Macy's new fashion collection, and an omnipresent icon who outstrips any living star. So why did the media ignore the stunning new evidence tying Bobby Kennedy to her death?

Claims JFK told Marilyn information about aliens, UFO's/Roswell. Claims Dorothy Kilgallen involved in this, Project 'Moondust'. Ridiculous claim, kind of amusing. Or is it?!....😲

They’ve got a three-year itch. A group of Palm Springs residents are fighting to remove a towering statue of Marilyn Monroe in one of her most iconic poses, arguing that the work is a sexist eyesore that blocks traffic. On Feb. 23, the Art Newspaper reported, California’s 4th District Court of Appeals overturned a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the Committee to Relocate Marilyn (Crema), which is battling to remove Seward Johnson’s 2011 sculpture “Forever Marilyn” from its current site outside the Palm Springs Art Museum.

Joe DiMaggio's birthday today is a great time for me to think about the love of his life and use that feeling to express respect for other women with different talents that I revere. Marilyn was a free spirit. Freedom is at the heart of living a good life. The worse the police state trends in Australia get, the more I love the freedom fighters and the womanly beauty of some of them is no obstacle to making that love and respect stronger. That is how God made us.

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedienne, singer, and model. She became one of the world's most enduring iconic figures and is remembered both for her winsome embodiment of the Hollywood sex symbol and her tragic personal and professional struggles within the film industry. Her life and death are still the subjects of much controversy and speculation.

Australia looks to America. Trump and DeSantis are modern heroes. Are Marilyn Monroe and JFK good freedom role models for an up and coming musician?

When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband (Tom Ewell) with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbor (Marilyn Monroe).Marilyn Monroe And Tom Ewell In "The 7 Year Itch" - "Chopsticks"

History Channel reference. On August 5, 1962, movie actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. Empty bottles of pills, prescribed to treat her depression, were littered around the room. After a brief investigation, Los Angeles police concluded that her death was “caused by a self-administered overdose of sedative drugs and that the mode of death is probable suicide.”

Hugh Hefner will be laid to rest next to Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and scandalous actresses — and the first woman to ever grace the cover of Playboy. Hefner purchased a crypt next to Monroe's in 1992 for $75,000, according to the Daily News. The crypt is located in Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. Hefner attributed much of Playboy's success to Monroe's inclusion in the magazine's first issue and as a result, the two developed a close relationship. Hefner once remarked that he found the idea of his being buried next to Monroe, "rather...

Fans of Marilyn Monroe and historic preservationists who fought to protect a small home in Valley Village where the star lived when she was still a young Norma Jean Dougherty are furious that the structure was bulldozed suddenly this week. The home at 5258 Hermitage Ave. (map) was demolished beginning Monday, just days before a city commission was set to consider it for landmark status. The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission was due to consider a bid to protect the developer-owned property on Thursday. But neighbors discovered the two single-story homes on the parcel were being knocked down on Monday.

Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson). Everyone has heard about her, most people know her story. She was an American actress, singer, model, she did it all. She became a popular sex symbol in the ’50s and ’60s, inspiring many women to chase their dreams and be themselves. Sadly, she passed away at the very young age of 36. However, she still managed to achieve more things than most people do in a full lifetime. Marilyn was photographed by many photographers, including one photoshoot by Sam Shaw which is considered one of the most famous of her shoots

Long before the murder, the girls and a role in “The Godfather,” Gianni Russo was a 13-year-old with a bum arm. Freshly sprung from Bellevue’s polio ward, he ditched his neglectful parents to sleep on flour sacks in the back of a Little Italy bakery and sell pens in front of the Waldorf-Astoria. It was 1956 and one of his regular customers was mob boss Frank Costello. The don would throw Russo a fiver and rub the boy’s withered shoulder for luck. After a few months of that, Russo objected to being touched. Costello respected the kid’s gumption — and...

Marilyn Monroe’s rear is getting some leers in Connecticut. A 26-foot statue of the iconic actress has been placed in a Stamford park across the street from a church, which is getting a full view of her behind. It depicts the famous scene from 1955’s “The Seven Year Itch” where Monroe holds down her white dress as air blows up from a subway grate. The back of the statue showing her underwear is clearly visible from the front of the First Congregational Church of Stamford.

EXCLUSIVE - 'She couldn't wait and allowed him to seduce her in a creaky French elevator': Bombshell book reveals Jackie Kennedy's secret lovers, her revenge on JFK with William Holden, her steamy night with Brando and her forbidden affairs with Bobby AND Teddy New book reveals that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a passionate woman who had many men--before, during and after her marriage to JFK Authors say she bedded Hollywood actors Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck and Frank Sinatra, among others Confessed Brando, 'She took matters into her own hands and popped the magic question, ‘Would you like to...

A new documentary claims that Marilyn Monroe was killed because she was going to leak evidence regarding extraterrestrials and their existence. Directed by Michael Mazzola, "Unacknowledged" goes into a wide range of conspiracy theories, including one that offers up a possible explanation for Marilyn Monroe's death -- that she knew about UFOs and threatened to leak classified documents. In a clip first spotted by technology website Gizmodo, actor Burl Ives claimed that Monroe did not die from a drug overdose. Dr. Steven Greer, who is the subject of the documentary holds up a so-called death warrant after Monroe had had...

John F. Kennedy got movie siren Marilyn Monroe pregnant – in the middle of the 1960 presidential campaign – and forced the blond bombshell to abort their love child! That is the explosive story hidden for nearly 60 years — until The National ENQUIRER obtained this shocking photographic proof of the tragic secret JFK and Marilyn hid from the world. In The ENQUIRER’s never-before-seen photos, Marilyn’s growing baby bump is obvious. These pictures were snapped on July 8, 1960, while the buxom beauty was in New York City for hair and makeup tests for her upcoming movie “The Misfits.” “You...