{"id":144683,"date":"2023-10-31T18:44:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144683"},"modified":"2023-10-31T18:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:44:22","slug":"inside-marilyn-monroes-dramatic-transformation-into-an-on-screen-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/lifestyle\/inside-marilyn-monroes-dramatic-transformation-into-an-on-screen-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Marilyn Monroe&apos;s DRAMATIC transformation into an on-screen icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Inside Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s DRAMATIC transformation from unknown nobody Norma Jeane into an on-screen icon&#8230; 10 years after auctioned medical records revealed she HAD undergone plastic surgery<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Decades after her death, the truth about Marilyn&#8217;s plastic surgery was revealed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A set of X-rays and doctors notes went up for auction in November 2013<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In honor of the anniversary of the auction, take a look at her transformation\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For years, rumors about whether or not Marilyn Monroe had gotten plastic surgery swirled &#8211; but it wasn&#8217;t until decades after her death that the truth about the blonde bombshell&#8217;s cosmetic enhancement\u00a0was brought to light.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actress and model was widely known for her glamor and beauty, but that meant she was subjected to immense speculation about whether or not she had gone under the knife.<\/p>\n<p>During her time in the spotlight, Marilyn stayed tight-lipped about the topic &#8211; and long after she passed away from a drug overdose in 1962, the question still remained: was Marilyn&#8217;s stunning features all-natural?<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the burning\u00a0inquiry was finally answered when part of Marilyn&#8217;s medical history was made public after a set of six X-rays and a file filled with notes from a doctor who claimed to have treated her were auctioned off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77228649-12690133-image-a-9_1698766231902.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77228723-12690133-image-m-8_1698766225236.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Decades after Marilyn Monroe (seen left in 1940 and right in 1953) died,\u00a0the truth about the blonde bombshell&#8217;s plastic surgery was brought to light\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77191431-12690133-image-a-10_1698766285532.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 2013, it was revealed that the star (seen in 1939) got a chin implant in 1950, after a set of six X-rays and a file filled with notes from a doctor were made public and auctioned off<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229649-12690133-image-m-50_1698767417679.jpg\" height=\"366\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229913-12690133-image-a-51_1698767425131.jpg\" height=\"366\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Before she was a Hollywood sex symbol, Marilyn (seen left in 1945 and right in 1955) was Norma Jeane Mortenson, a young girl who suffered from years of harrowing abuse and trauma<\/p>\n<p>The notes were written by a Hollywood plastic surgeon named Michael Gurdin, who, according to the files, saw Marilyn in 1958 after she came in to complain about a &#8216;chin deformity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Under the section titled &#8216;Physical findings,&#8217; Michael wrote that Marilyn had gotten a\u00a0cartilage implant in her chin eight years prior &#8211; in 1950, right before her career as an on-screen siren took off &#8211; which had &#8216;slowly&#8217; become &#8216;absorbed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The papers eventually fell into the hands of Norman Leaf,\u00a0Michael&#8217;s medical partner, after he died in 1994, and he put them up for sale in November 2013\u00a0through an auction house called Julien&#8217;s. They were ultimately sold to an anonymous buyer for $26,500.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77228671-12690133-image-m-55_1698767552178.jpg\" height=\"371\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>As we near the 10-year anniversary of the auction that brought the truth about her cosmetic enhancement to the surface, FEMAIL recapped the actress&#8217; dramatic transformation from a high school drop out who was married by age 16 to one of the most well-known faces on the planet<\/p>\n<p>Before she was the Hollywood sex symbol that we all know and love, Marilyn was Norma Jeane Mortenson, a young girl with a stutter who suffered from years of harrowing abuse and trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Marilyn&#8217;s mother had a mental breakdown when she was only eight years old &#8211; and with her father out of the picture and her mom in an institution, Marilyn had no family and was left completely alone.<\/p>\n<p>She moved from foster home to foster home and spent some time in an orphanage, and was tragically molested by one of the men who looked after her.<\/p>\n<p>But Marilyn&#8217;s gruesome childhood only fueled her passion and drive to become a star later in life &#8211; and she would have done anything to make it big, even if that meant altering her appearance with cosmetic enhancements.<\/p>\n<p>As we near the 10-year anniversary of the auction that brought the truth about her plastic surgery to the surface, FEMAIL went ahead and recapped the actress&#8217; dramatic transformation from a high school drop out who was married by age 16 to one of the most well-known faces on the planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Traumatic childhood: Marilyn&#8217;s mom was put in a mental hospital when she was eight, and she was sexually assaulted by one of the men who looked after her during her years in foster care\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229065-12690133-image-m-14_1698766524739.jpg\" height=\"881\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Born\u00a0Norma Jeane Mortenson, Marilyn lived in Los Angeles, California, with her single mother and two half-siblings until January 1934, when her mom suffered from a mental breakdown<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229287-12690133-image-a-20_1698766947201.jpg\" height=\"540\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>With her father out of the picture and her mom in an institution, Marilyn had no family and was left completely alone. She&#8217;s seen as a baby with her mom,\u00a0Gladys Pearl Baker<\/p>\n<p>Marilyn was conceived when her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, had an affair with a co-worker named Charles Stanley Gifford.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229067-12690133-image-a-17_1698766703801.jpg\" height=\"538\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Marilyn spent years in foster care, where she was sexually assaulted by one of the men who looked after her<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, her husband,\u00a0Martin Edward Mortensen, left Gladys, leaving her a single mother to Marilyn and her two half-siblings from Gladys first marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The family lived in Los Angeles, California, up until\u00a0January 1934, when Marilyn was eight and her mom got committed into a mental institution.<\/p>\n<p><span>Marilyn spent years in foster care after that, and she\u00a0<\/span>turned to movies as a way to escape.<\/p>\n<p>She once recalled spending hours at the cinema, and the comfort the big screen brought her sparked a burning passion inside of her to one day be up there herself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t like the world around me because it was kind of grim,&#8217; she has said. &#8216;When I heard that this was acting, I said that&#8217;s what I want to be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I&#8217;d sit all day and way into the night.\u00a0Up in front, there with the\u00a0screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span>Her big break: Marilyn was married by the time she was 16 and the high school dropout started working in a factory &#8211; where she coincidentally met a photographer who changed everything<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229423-12690133-image-m-21_1698766986488.jpg\" height=\"962\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marilyn got married just after her 16th birthday in 1942 to a 21-year-old factory worker, named James Dougherty (seen at their wedding), and she dropped out of high school soon after<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77229433-12690133-Marilyn_seen_in_1943_began_working_at_a_factory_run_by_an_aviati-a-23_1698771479829.jpg\" height=\"1331\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marilyn (seen in 1943) began working at a factory run by an aviation company, and it was there that she met photographer David Conover, who was hired to take pictures of the workers<\/p>\n<p>Marilyn got married just after her 16th birthday in 1942 to a 21-year-old factory worker, named James Dougherty, and she dropped out of high school soon after.<\/p>\n<p>But when her husband joined the Marines in 1944, she moved in with her in-laws and began working at a factory run by the aviation company Radioplane.<\/p>\n<p>It was there that she met photographer David Conover, who was hired to take some pictures of female workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two hit it off immediately and she started modeling for him and his photographer friends.<\/p>\n<p>Marilyn&#8217;s bubbly personality, determination and confidence, and striking appearance were undeniable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229437-12690133-The_two_hit_it_off_immediately_and_she_started_modeling_for_him_-a-28_1698767171591.jpg\" height=\"1229\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The two hit it off immediately and she started modeling for him and his photographer friends. She&#8217;s seen in 1943<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229681-12690133-By_1945_she_was_signed_to_the_modeling_agency_Blue_Book_and_with-m-30_1698767197569.jpg\" height=\"833\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>By 1945 she was signed to the modeling agency Blue Book, and within a year after that, she had already appeared on 33 magazine covers. She&#8217;s seen in the &#8217;40s<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229689-12690133-But_Marilyn_wanted_more_She_still_dreamed_of_being_a_movie_star_-m-34_1698767270930.jpg\" height=\"338\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229675-12690133-But_Marilyn_wanted_more_She_still_dreamed_of_being_a_movie_star_-m-36_1698767281571.jpg\" height=\"338\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>But Marilyn wanted more. She still dreamed of being a movie star, so she divorced her husband, and got to work on focusing on her acting career full time. She&#8217;s seen in the &#8217;40s<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/15\/77229703-12690133-She_eventually_landed_a_deal_with_20th_Century_Fox_and_starred_i-m-53_1698767520431.jpg\" height=\"736\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She eventually landed a deal with 20th Century-Fox and starred in her first movie, Dangerous Years, in 1947, but she wasn&#8217;t resigned by them when the contract ended later that year<\/p>\n<p>By 1945 she was signed to the modeling agency Blue Book, and within a year after that, she had already appeared on 33 magazine covers.<\/p>\n<p>But Marilyn wanted more. She still dreamed of being a movie star, so she divorced her husband, and got to work on focusing on her acting career full time.<\/p>\n<p>She eventually landed a deal with 20th Century-Fox and together with executive Ben Lyon, they came up with the stage name Marilyn Monroe.<\/p>\n<p>She starred in her first movie, Dangerous Years, in 1947 &#8211; b<span>ut breaking into the movie industry was not easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And despite Marilyn&#8217;s success as a model, her lack of experience as an actress left Fox uninterested in re-signing her contract when it ended in August 1947.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Transforming herself into a star: Marilyn began dyeing her previously-brunette hair platinum blonde and went under the knife to get a chin implant as her acting career took off<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77230695-12690133-image-m-57_1698768224398.jpg\" height=\"614\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>On the brink of giving up on her dream of being a movie star, Marilyn (seen in 1948) returned back to modeling. But WMA&#8217;s vice president Johnny Hyde helped her land some more roles<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77230701-12690133-image-m-59_1698768308300.jpg\" height=\"854\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was around this time that Marilyn began to embody the look that would be remembered for years. She&#8217;s seen in 1950<\/p>\n<p>But a determined Marilyn did not give up. She decided to take some time to study acting at the Actors&#8217; Laboratory Theater, and she continued to network.<\/p>\n<p>She would spend her days visiting producers and executives offices, begging them to give her a chance.<\/p>\n<p>The starlet&#8217;s hard work ultimately paid off, and she was signed by Columbia Pictures in March 1948.<\/p>\n<p>She only starred in one movie during her time with the studio, Ladies of the Chorus in 1948, and parted ways with them a few months later.<\/p>\n<p>On the brink of giving up on her dream of being a movie star, Marilyn returned back to modeling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77228667-12690133-She_began_to_dye_her_previously_brunette_hair_platinum_blonde_an-m-64_1698768388799.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77230745-12690133-She_began_to_dye_her_previously_brunette_hair_platinum_blonde_an-a-65_1698768397629.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>She began to dye her previously-brunette hair platinum blonde, and it was then that she went under the knife to change the way her chin looked. She&#8217;s seen left in 1941 and right in 1950<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77231155-12690133-There_s_also_rumors_that_she_secretly_had_a_nose_job_but_there_w-m-67_1698768449243.jpg\" height=\"752\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also rumors that she\u00a0secretly had a nose job, but there was no mention of that in the X-rays or file. Marilyn is seen in 1951<\/p>\n<p>She struck up an affair with talent agency William Morris Agency&#8217;s vice president Johnny Hyde, who changed everything for the budding star.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to his connections in the industry, he helped her land two small roles in the movies All About Eve and The Asphalt Jungle, both in 1950, and thanks to the films&#8217; immense success, she was suddenly back on the map.<\/p>\n<p>It was around this time that Marilyn began to embody the look that would be remembered for years.<\/p>\n<p>She began to dye her previously-brunette hair platinum blonde, and it was then that she went under the knife to change the way her chin looked.<\/p>\n<p>According to Allure, who spoke to the doctor who had the files that were put up for auction in 2013, Marilyn opted to get the procedure after someone referred to her as a &#8216;chinless wonder.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The outlet also claimed that the doctor said she secretly had a nose job, which &#8216;refined her nasal tip,&#8217; but there was no mention of that in the X-rays or file.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>The new and improved version of her was unstoppable: Marilyn soared to fame during the &#8217;50s, but as her career flourished, her personal life began to crumble<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77231281-12690133-image-a-68_1698768573337.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 1952, Marilyn landed a seven-year contract with Fox and began starring in a slew of movies. She also\u00a0she started dating baseball star Joe DiMaggio (seen together in 1994)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77231309-12690133-image-a-69_1698768633588.jpg\" height=\"796\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The acting roles were pouring in. She&#8217;s seen in The Seven Year Itch &#8211; which contained the famous scene that showed her standing over a subway grate while the air blew up her skirt<\/p>\n<p>The new and improved version of Marilyn seemed unstoppable. She landed a seven-year contract with Fox, and starred in three more movies in quick succession &#8211; As Young as You Feel, Love Nest, and Let&#8217;s Make it Legal.<\/p>\n<p>In 1952, she started dating baseball star Joe DiMaggio which only put her name in the headlines even more.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, she was also the subject of much media attention after it was brought to light that she had posed nude for a calendar years prior, something that was considered very risqu\u00e9 at the time.<\/p>\n<p>But the controversy only boosted her career and sparked more public interest into her.<\/p>\n<p>The acting roles were pouring in, and she starred in Clash by Night, Don&#8217;t Bother to Knock, We&#8217;re Not Married, Monkey Business, O. Henry&#8217;s Full House, Niagara, Gentleman Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, River of No Return, and The Seven Year Itch &#8211; which contained the famous scene that showed her standing over a subway grate while the air blew up the skirt of her white dress.<\/p>\n<p>But as her career soared, she began to crumble under the immense pressure that came with her popularity, and she began taking barbiturates, amphetamines, and drinking heavily to cope with her anxiety and insomnia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77231343-12690133-image-a-71_1698768705147.jpg\" height=\"509\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But as her career soared, she began to crumble under the immense pressure, and she began taking drugs and drinking heavily. She&#8217;s seen in 1954<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77231375-12690133-image-a-72_1698768758123.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She took a brief hiatus but returned to acting in 1956.\u00a0She also found love again that year, tying the knot with playwright Arthur Miller (seen together in 1959)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77231267-12690133-image-a-73_1698768801530.jpg\" height=\"807\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 1958, she starred in the movie Some Like It Hot, followed by Let&#8217;s Make Love a year later, and The Misfits in 1961. She&#8217;s seen in Some Like It Hot<\/p>\n<p>Her personal life began falling apart. She and Joe got divorced after only nine months of marriage, and she became embroiled in a massive feud with Fox over how much she was being paid.<\/p>\n<p>She ultimately decided to leave Hollywood to move to the East coast instead, where she\u00a0<span>stated her own production company and took some time away to study acting again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In early 1956, Marilyn announced that she and Fox had reached an agreement and that she was ready to return to the big screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She then went on to star in Bus Stop and The Prince and the Showgirl. She also found love again, tying the knot with playwright Arthur Miller in June of 1956.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But she faced criticism in October of that year after she met Queen Elizabeth II and was slammed for wearing something too revealing for the formal occasion.<\/p>\n<p><span>She also suffered from two miscarriages, and decided to take an 18-month hiatus to focus on her health and family life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 1958, she returned for the movie Some Like It Hot, followed by Let&#8217;s Make Love a year later, and The Misfits in 1961.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77231489-12690133-image-a-74_1698768858116.jpg\" height=\"867\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 1962, she delivered her famous rendition of Happy Birthday, Mr. President to John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/16\/77231553-12690133-On_August_4_1962_Marilyn_was_found_dead_in_her_home_The_cause_of-m-76_1698768943615.jpg\" height=\"811\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>On August 4, 1962, Marilyn was found dead in her home. The cause of death was ruled as acute barbiturate poisoning, and it was ruled as a &#8216;probable suicide.&#8217; She&#8217;s seen in 1962<\/p>\n<p><span>But Marilyn&#8217;s drug addiction was worsening, as was her health. She was suffering from gallstones and endometriosis, which resulted in her needing surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She and Arthur got a divorce, and she was hospitalized for four weeks for depression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In early 1962, Marilyn moved back to Hollywood and announced that she was planning to return to the big screen for the movie Something&#8217;s Got to Give.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She delivered her famous rendition of Happy Birthday, Mr. President to John F. Kennedy that year, a moment that is still being re-created and talked about today, more than 60 years later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the star was ultimately fired from Something&#8217;s Got to Give after she took several days off to focus on her health and it fell fiercely behind schedule. While they tried to re-cast her, the director refused to move forward without Marilyn, and the film was ultimately canceled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On August 4, 1962, Marilyn was found dead in her home. 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