Part 2 of 2 - The Death of an Icon : Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1,
1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model and
singer. Famous for playing comic “dumb blonde” characters, she
became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and
was emblematic of the era’s attitudes towards sexuality. Although
she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films
grossed $200 million by the time of her unexplained death in
1962. More than half a century after her death, she continues
to be considered a major popular culture icon. In the
following decades after her death several theories have been
introduced to contradict suicide as the cause of Monroe’s death,
including murder and accidental overdose. The murder
speculations first gained mainstream attention in 1973, and
didn’t stop there… so what really happend to Marilyn Monroe?? Learn
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