On the night of August 4-5, 1962, America was shocked by sensational and at the same time tragic news: the most magnificent woman and actress in the country was found dead in her mansion. But what really happened? This was the question everyone asked in those days. It was officially announced that what happened was an unintentional suicide as a result of improperly taking sedative medications prescribed by a doctor. However, within a week, articles began to appear in the press, the authors of which tried to talk about different versions death of the blond star.
Drugs
The first and official version of Monroe's death is drugs. It is known that Marilyn was subject to deep depression. She visited a psychoanalyst every day, who recommended that she take strong sleeping pills and antidepressants. However, dependence on medicines She developed it in her youth - about 18 years old. She constantly experimented with them, as if playing with death. In the morning - stimulants, at night - sleeping pills, in huge doses and often along with your favorite champagne. Taking medications was chaotic and was, in fact, drug addiction. One of the star's many lovers - famous actor Ted Jordan recalled that she considered the pills “her best friends” and could not sleep or work without them.
The blond goddess was terrified of repeating the fate of her mother and grandmother, who ended their lives in a “psychiatric hospital.” In 1958, a psychiatrist found signs of schizophrenia in Marilyn. In this regard, she was forced to undergo a more serious examination in a psychiatric clinic and spend some time there. Sometimes she “disconnected” from life, was late for filming for... a whole week, and each time she forgot the text of the role. And, naturally, she could have made a mistake in taking medications, accidentally “overdoing” the dose.
Suicide
Version two is suicide. Many people in the arts, vulnerable and unbalanced, have tried more than once to “do it.” Marilyn was no exception, who tried to commit suicide in her youth. Once, when she was just a girl, she deliberately turned on the gas, another time she swallowed sleeping pills. Another try suicide was undertaken after the death of Johnny Hyde, one of the star’s first lovers and producers. There is evidence that Marilyn repeatedly brought herself to the brink of life and death, but each time she was saved.
Mafia
Murder ordered by the mafia is another version of Monroe's death. The day before her death, Marilyn met with one of her famous ex-lovers, Frank Sinatra. This is evidenced by the records of the CIA, under whose vigilant surveillance the Monroe villa was. By that time Sinatra was right hand leader American mafia- Sam Giancana, which gave rise to rumors about the possible involvement of organized crime in the death of the movie star.
Kennedy assassination
Many also believe that Kennedy ordered the assassination. Frank Capell, a writer, said in 1964 that Robert Kennedy was to blame for the actress's death. James Haspiel even said that he heard wiretapping recordings that proved that Robert Kennedy strangled Marilyn with a pillow.
The relationship between US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe was the climax in the actress’s unfortunate fate. It seemed that they were made for each other - the first beauty and the first man of the country. But the publicity of this whirlwind romance could irreversibly destroy it political career. The lovers separated in May 1962, but Monroe did not want to accept the breakup. Plunging into despair, drowning out the pain with drugs, she wrote John pathetic letters, annoyed him with phone calls and threatened him with revelations in the press. The main trump card was a diary, where Marilyn wrote down everything about their meetings and conversations.
Robert Kennedy younger brother President and part-time Minister of Justice, was delegated by the family to console his abandoned mistress, but he himself fell into her arms. This relationship developed rapidly. The actress claimed that she loved Robert and that he promised to marry her. Robert tried to leave the game to stop Monroe's self-destruction, but it was too late. An unspoken version according to which John and Robert Kennedy were the main culprits in the death of the actress appeared almost immediately after the news of this sad event. However, strong arguments in its favor emerged only in 1986 from the archives of the FBI and CIA.
A large number of testimonies indicate that on August 4, R. Kennedy flew to Los Angeles for a final showdown with Monroe, in whose house a terrible scene took place. An eyewitness to this scene said the following: Marilyn promised to call a press conference and tell the whole world how the Kennedy brothers treated her. Robert was angry and demanded to leave him and John alone. The quarrel ended with Monroe having a hysterical attack, and the next morning she was found dead.
The psychoanalyst's mistake
Ralph Greenson, Monroe's personal psychoanalyst, became very close person for an actress. He was confident that to treat Marilyn it was necessary to widely use medications, while simultaneously adjusting emotional sphere patients.
One of the most prominent biographers of the star, Donald Spoto, wrote in his book “Marilyn Monroe”: “His technique was disastrous for the patient. Instead of stimulating the patient to gain independence, he did just the opposite - and as a result, he completely subordinated the actions and Monroe's wishes... he was confident that he could make her do whatever he wanted."
He forbade her to meet ex-husband, Joe DiMaggio, limited communication with friends who cared about the actress. Spoto cites evidence that Ralph Greenson in 1962 spread false rumors that Monroe had schizophrenia and even beat her. Proof last fact- a therapist’s report a few months before Marilyn’s death about a broken nose and bruises under the eyes.
At the end of July Hollywood star I already clearly saw that Greenson was alienating her from her friends. “By late July 1962, Marilyn realized that if she wanted to have any privacy at all, she needed to leave Greenson,” Spoto writes.
But on August 4, 1962, six hours spent with a psychoanalyst were the last in her life.
Incredible facts
Marilyn Monroe died from a barbiturate overdoseAugust 5, 1962 in your home at12305 Fifth Helena Drivein Brentwood, California.
Since then, her death has been the subject of many conspiracy theories, including that it was a murder rather than a suicide.
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However, the real details of her death are no less shocking and interesting than the conspiracy theories.
Cause of death of Marilyn Monroe
1. Marilyn Monroe died from an overdose of Nembutal, but no pills were found in her stomach.
According to the investigator's report, Marilyn Monroe took more than 40 Nembutal tablets, but no tablets were found in her stomach. Forensic expert Thomas Noguchi later explained that the lack of pills was a result of Marilyn's history of drug abuse. The pills in her stomach were digested faster than if they had been taken by someone not suffering from an addiction.
However, this fact became the source of conspiracy theories, which advocated that the actress did not die from an overdose, but was killed by the CIA, FBI or housekeeper.
2. Marilyn's autopsy was not completed because her organs were destroyed.
Doctor Noguchi performed an autopsy, but did not give a complete picture. According to his statements, he received the actress's body in the morgue, and samples of her stomach and intestines were destroyed. This affected toxicological analysis, which made him think she might have been killed.
He also discovered that other organs had been sent to a toxicology lab but were never tested. The only body parts that underwent extensive testing were samples of her blood and liver.
3. Her housekeeper washed Marilyn's bed linen on the night of her death.
Sergeant Jack Clemmons, who was the first to arrive at the scene of Monroe's death, wrote that the housekeeper Eunice Murray turned on the washing machine when he arrived. In addition, he noticed that Murray was acting strangely and avoiding answering questions.
Conspiracy theorists also believe that the housekeeper's behavior on the night of Marilyn's death is evidence that something inappropriate and suspicious was going on there, and perhaps she knew more than she was saying.
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe's Death
4. She left an ominous message before she died.
On the night of her death, Marilyn spoke to several people on the phone. Among them was Peter Lawford, an old friend of the actress and husband of John Kennedy's sister. According to Lawford, Monroe appeared to be under the influence of drugs and she told him:
"Say goodbye to Pat (Patricia Newcomb, her publicist), say goodbye to the President and say goodbye to yourself because you're a good guy.".
Lawford was concerned about Monroe's condition and called several people to check that everything was okay. When he couldn't reach Dr. Greenson, he called lawyer Milton Rudin, who contacted the actress's housekeeper, who said everything was fine.
5. Conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe began to gain momentum in the 1970s.
Biography of Marilyn Monroe written by Norman Mailer, was one of the first to suggest the violent death of the actress. When he published it in 1973, conspiracy theories began to take root.
Mailer was the first to suggest that Monroe had an affair with Robert Kennedy that led to her death, for which he was later attacked by critics. Then he said that he suggested that Robert Kennedy was involved because he needed money.
Biorgaf Robert Slatzer later suggested that Monroe was assassinated by the attorney general because she threatened to reveal government secrets that Kennedy had told her. According to journalist Anthony Scaduto, the actress had a “red diary” where secret government information was kept.
6. Half an hour before her death she was happy.
Marilyn received phone call from Joe DiMaggio between 19:00 and 19:15, and everything indicated that she was in good spirits. DiMaggio told her that he had broken up with a woman whom Monroe did not love. Housekeeper Eunice Murray later confirmed that the actress was "cheerful, cheerful, but not depressed" during the conversation.
Last call she received from Peter Lawford after half an hour between 19:40 and 19:45, during which her speech sounded slurred and barely audible.
7. The police were not the first to report her death.
The police were informed of the death after the actress's psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson And personal doctor doctor Hyman Engelberg. The Los Angeles Police Department was called around 4:25 a.m., about 1.5 hours after Marilyn was discovered by a housekeeper around 3 a.m. At this time, Eunice Murray, Dr. Greenson and Dr. Engelberg were alone in her house.
8. The case was almost solved in 1982.
Following numerous conspiracy theories published in the 1970s, Los Angeles Attorney General John Van de Kamp ordered a review of the actress's death (which ran to 29 pages and took 3.5 months to prepare) in 1982.
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August 5, 1962 at mysterious circumstances American film actress, singer and sex symbol passed away
At four o'clock in the morning, America's blond darling was found dead in her bedroom. Marilyn Monroe was naked, there were no signs of violence on her body, and there were bottles of psychotropic drugs nearby.
An autopsy revealed that the woman's liver contained traces of Nembutal, a sleeping pill so powerful it was used to euthanize pets. In the blood there is a high dose of chloral hydrate, a strong sedative. There's a fresh bruise on my thigh. That's all. Neither the companion-nurse nor the neighbors saw or heard anything; for Monroe’s personal psychoanalyst, Dr. Ralph Greenson, the tragedy also came as a surprise.
Marilyn Monroe
America was crying, but along with obituaries, cunning journalists were already writing scandalous materials. Someone wrote that the actress was found unkempt, with uncut nails and disheveled, dirty hair. Someone remembered the playful song “Happy Birthday to You,” sung by Marilyn for President Kennedy, and instantly constructed a criminal version of the death. Monroe's addiction to alcohol and barbiturates, depressed mood and failures in her personal life also surfaced. Versions of the star’s death multiplied, but a thorough police investigation yielded no results. The official version of Marilyn Monroe's death is an overdose of potent drugs. But what really happened?
Trail from the White House
Oddly enough, direct evidence of a romantic connection between the Hollywood diva and America’s other favorite, the loving, handsome President John Kennedy, was never discovered. No personal letters, no compromising photographs from quick paparazzi, no gifts, no other property. Just a few facts - rare meetings at social parties, Monroe's performance at a holiday in honor of the president, her participation in election campaign, and a couple of annoying calls trying to talk - about what?
It is possible that the president really flirted with the charming blonde, and Marilyn exaggerated his attention, as is typical of artistic, stormy natures. Perhaps they really were connected by several episodes of intimacy of a special nature - like Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. It is likely that the aging star actually planned to compose and publish scandalous diaries full of all kinds of revelations - regardless of authenticity, such a scandal would have hurt the reputation of John Kennedy and his family. Marilyn maintained friendly relations with actor Peter Lawford, the president's son-in-law, and may have known quite a lot of unsavory things about privacy clan. Shortly before her death, the star’s phones began to be tapped, her notebook bound in leather, it was simply stolen. Perhaps the actress should have been stopped from making indecent revelations, but would Mr. President, the man who created the Peace Corps and championed the development of the Apollo space program, give the order to kill a woman?
Marilyn Monroe
Hello from Don!
The version that Marilyn Monroe fell victim to the long arms of the mafia is steadily popular. Everyone knows that the Kennedy clan built its fortune on bootlegging during Prohibition, and there are rumors that presidential campaign John Kennedy was financed " godfathers"are not without reason. In addition, Monroe attended parties with Frank Sinatra, rumored to be an important figure and best friend US criminal leaders. She could accidentally overhear unnecessary information, look into secret papers, or, through female negligence, risk divulging information that was categorically not subject to disclosure... But in this case, she would sooner have her throat cut or a bullet fired into her perfectly defined forehead.
The living Monroe, with her unpredictable antics, fantastic diaries and desire to publicize the details of her relationship with John Kennedy and his brother Robert, was much more profitable for the mafia. This was an excellent source of blackmail, providing an opportunity to interfere in politics, threaten discredit, a vote of no confidence and early re-elections. Not to mention such powerful leverage as intimate notes and compromising photographs, even fabricated ones. Killing Monroe in this situation is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Death in a white coat
Ralph Greenson was at one time a very famous psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. His works have been translated into foreign languages(including in Russian), among his clients are Frank Sinatra, Tom Curtis, Vivien Leigh. For two years, he tried to save the famous client from herself, conducted psychoanalysis sessions with her five times a week, limited the doses of psychotropic drugs, consoled and reassured Marilyn. According to the recollections of the doctor’s relatives, Greenson was imbued with the celebrity’s loneliness and restlessness and fell in love with her like a sister. At the same time, according to the star’s friends, the psychoanalyst treated her harshly and despotically, suppressed her with authority, controlled every step - given Monroe’s condition, her addiction to alcohol and drugs, this was justified, but was it completely?
Marilyn Monroe
According to one version, the cause of the star’s death was a combination of incompatible drugs - Nembutal and chloral hydrate, because of which Marilyn fell into a coma and died before the ambulance arrived. Greenson prescribed chloral hydrate to her, and he forbade her attending physician to give the star Nembutal. ABOUT side effects he knew and tried to avoid them. There was a medical investigation, as a result of which Greenson was completely acquitted; he did not lose either his license or his clientele.
By the way, Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, who found himself in a similar situation almost 50 years later, received four years in prison and a ban on practicing medicine. So, at least officially, Dr. Greenson did not harm his patient. Another thing is that his professional skills, alas, were not enough to cope with depression and psychological problems Monroe.
Goodbye life!
On June 1, 1962, Marilyn turned 36 years old. Her penultimate film, “The Misfits,” failed at the box office, the film crew last movie“Something Must Happen” broke the contract with her - because of the medications, the actress became too inhibited. She got pregnant from last husband, Arthur Miller, but after a miscarriage, doctors admitted that Monroe would not be able to have children. The star has passed psychiatric treatment at the Payne-Whiteney clinic, visited a cell there for violent patients - the biggest fear in Monroe’s life was to die crazy, like her mother and grandmother. Added to this was a midlife crisis, the inevitable aging of a once perfect body and loneliness - the star did not have many friends. “I wasn’t used to being happy, so I didn’t consider happiness obligatory for me,” Monroe said.
Did she have enough reasons to commit suicide? In general - yes. Marilyn was actively engaged in self-destruction and was heading towards a suicide attempt. But, like most actors (and suicides), she was prone to demonstrative behavior. It is unlikely that Monroe would have committed suicide without leaving a suicide note and a detailed will, without calling all her friends and enemies. And she only called her old friend Lawford - not DiMaggio, her second husband, who supported her for many years, not the same doctor Greenson, not any of her close people. During the day, chatting on the phone, she looked quite satisfied and joyful. The version that suicide note deliberately destroyed, does not stand up to criticism - Marilyn’s behavior was still atypical for a person who is ready to cross the line between life and death.
Marilyn Monroe
What is the conclusion? Alas, most likely, Monroe's death was an accident. Yes, tragic, yes, predictable given her lifestyle, but by chance, and not by malicious intent. Most likely, the star, trying to fall asleep or relieve the overwhelming melancholy, took more pills than she should or even a second dose, forgetting that she had already swallowed the first. The worn out, exhausted body could not cope with the drugs and the beautiful Monroe died in her sleep, quietly and painlessly. She died before she grew old and lost popularity, she died without feeling the humiliation that inevitably awaits a sunset star on a sinful earth. And she remained in the memory of the audience as the sexiest and most charming actress in Hollywood, and her dress, raised by the wind, became one of the symbols of 20th century cinema. And what difference does it make how much she drank and with whom she sinned - watch her famous films “Some Like It Hot”, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, “The Prince and the Showgirl” - and rejoice in the undying light of the star Marilyn Monroe!
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Marilyn Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962 at her home in Brentwood, California. Since then, her death has been the subject of some of the most enduring "conspiracy theories" in history. However, the actual details of her death are as shocking and interesting as the word-of-mouth "conspiracy theory" stories.
Marilyn Monroe died from an overdose of Nembutal, but no pills were found in her stomach
Pathologist Thomas Noguchi explained the absence of tablets in the stomach by the fact that Monroe was already for a long time took drugs. The pills in Monroe's stomach were digested faster than they would have been in a person who had never taken drugs.
On the night of Marilyn's death, the housekeeper was washing her bed linen.
Sergeant Jack Clemmons of the Los Angeles Police Department was the first person to arrive at Monroe's house. He later wrote that housekeeper Eunice Murray was doing laundry when he arrived. He also noted that Murray behaved strangely and was evasive in her answers.
Conspiracy theorists use Murray's behavior on the day of Monroe's death as evidence that there was something out of place and strange, and that perhaps the housekeeper knew more than she was letting on.
She left an ominous message before she died
Monroe spoke to several people on the phone the night she died. Among them was Peter Lawford, an old friend of the actress and brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy. Monroe appeared to be under the influence of drugs, Lawford said.
This report, however, further fuels conspiracy theories that perhaps JFK and the government were somehow involved in Monroe's death.
Conspiracy theories surrounding Monroe's death did not spread until the 1970s
Norman Mailer was one of the first to suggest a possible romance between Monroe and Kennedy. Mailer was the first to suggest that her relationship with him led to her death. He was torn apart by critics, and later admitted: “ten to one that Monroe’s death was an accidental suicide.”
Also in 1975, journalist Anthony Scaduto published an article claiming that Monroe had been ordered to kill the Kennedy brothers and that she kept a “red diary” in which she allegedly kept secret government information that Kennedy had entrusted to her.
She went from happiness to death in less than 30 minutes
Between 7:00 and 7:15 p.m., Monroe had phone conversation with DiMaggio Jr., who told her that he had broken up with a young woman whom Monroe did not like. The housekeeper confirmed that Monroe was very happy after the conversation.
The police were not the first to be notified of her death
Monroe's death was reported to the police only after a visit to her home by Monroe's psychiatrist, Dr. Greenson, and physician Hyman Engelberg. The Los Angeles Police Department was called around 4:25 a.m., nearly an hour and a half after Monroe stopped responding to the housekeeper's voice at 3 a.m. During this time, Eunice Murray, Dr. Greenson and Dr. Engelberg were alone in Monroe's house.
When Sergeant Jack Clemmons asked why police were not notified sooner, he said he “had to get permission from the studio publicity department before he could tell anyone.”
The case was almost solved in 1982
Following numerous conspiracy theories published in the 1970s, Los Angeles Attorney General John Van de Kamp in 1982 ordered a review of the actress's death case, which spanned 29 pages and took three and a half months to prepare.
After a thorough investigation, Van de Kamp found that there was no fraud in Monroe's death.
The housekeeper's testimony changed frequently.
Marilyn Monroe's housekeeper Eunice Murray constantly changed her testimony. She initially claimed that she woke up at approximately 3 a.m. and saw a light under Monroe's door, which made her feel anxious. She said she called Greenson, who arrived at the scene a few minutes later. However, according to Sergeant Jack Clemmons, she called Greenson around midnight.
These discrepancies in timing were interpreted as evidence that Greenson and Murray were a front, as they did not call the police until 4:25 am.
She was supposed to get married three days after her death
Joe DiMaggio and Monroe were originally married on January 14, 1954, but their marriage lasted only 274 days - they divorced in October 1954. They remained friends for many years, and when Monroe was hospitalized in mental asylum in 1961, she appealed to him to be released. According to biographers Norman Mailer and Donald Spoto, the couple was to be married on August 8, 1962, three days after Monroe's death. After her untimely death, DiMaggio sent roses to her grave several times a week for twenty years.
Joe DiMaggio arranged her funeral
Di Mmaggio was devastated by Monroe's death. He organized the star's funeral in a very private ceremony, attended exclusively by her most famous Hollywood friends. People like Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford were deliberately not invited by DiMaggio, who believed that her Hollywood friends and acquaintances had driven her to the point that led to her untimely death. Only thirty people from Monroe's close friends and relatives were invited.
Monroe was buried in a green Emilio Pucci dress, and her permanent makeup artist, Whitey Snyder, applied makeup to her face for the very last time.
Marilyn Monroe was murdered. There is no doubt in my mind. Displaying vials of barbiturates and stimulants is just a distraction and an emphasis on her addiction to drugs. It’s just convenient to blame everything on them. In the evening of 08/04/1962. Three people came to see her - her doctor Greenberg, actor and friend Wolford and Robert Kennedy. The housekeeper and her brother, who were there at the time, saw him. At first they were silent out of fear. But before her death, the housekeeper still said how it was and who was there. They were told to get out. In the room where everything was happening, there were wiretapping bugs. The mafia took care to install them to extract incriminating evidence on the love affairs of Marilyn and D. Kennedy. These bugs recorded voices and screams when she was beaten in the face and demanded a certain diary, which she Vela.Then someone said WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH HER NOW? This meant that she was already unconscious. And most likely she was suffocated with a pillow. She was taken from the guest room to the bedroom. They took everything off her and laid her flat and face down. As the first arriving policeman, who had seen a lot of people poisoned by an overdose, was immediately surprised, it couldn’t be so. It immediately became clear to him that the body had been transferred from somewhere. In those who are poisoned, the body twists in spasms and convulsions. And here it’s even and ostentatious. No traces of capsules were found in the small intestine. And the presence in the blood and liver was 14 mg per liter. This is from 40 to 42 capsules that had to be taken at once. And the crystals of the latter would still not be dissolved in the stomach. But they were not there!!! Then the examination reports were redone to suit the version of self-poisoning. Samples disappeared mysteriously. But the dissenting experts guessed that a lethally saturated solution of barbiturates and chloral hydrates was administered to her using an enema when she was turned off by Greenberg’s injection. They noticed traces and trauma in the large intestine. The actual date of death was 22-45 08/04/1962. The housekeeper's brother Yunni testified that there were two more with the said trio, but he did not know them at all. And they had not been there before. Quite recently there was a sensational article that, in his dying state at the age of 80, a certain retired CIA officer did not want to take with him something to the grave and showed that at that time he was carrying out very delicate tasks to eliminate people dangerous to America. He had 37 eliminated. And only one of them was a blonde woman. According to him / when she was carried into the bedroom and everyone left, then it was his turn to do the job. He administered a deadly dose... And that’s it... Everyone who knew remained silent on pain of death. Some fell silent immediately or not immediately forever. And before their death in 1986. Yunni, apparently also having a hard time experiencing all this and feeling her involvement, told the correspondents. One might say, she repented before her death. And in general, the investigation was one-sided from the very beginning. What they wanted, they saw, what they didn’t want, they didn’t take into account. This is the real MURDER! She was buried on August 8, 1962. at the Westwood Village Memorial in the CRYPT. And ironically, it was on this day that she was supposed to have a re-wedding with former second husband Joe DiMaggio... He was faithful to her until his death and brought her red roses once a week, as he once promised at the wedding...
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