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It´s well-known that the Duffster calls her (not in her presence) that name... (seriously!)
Here is an old (sorry!) pic of the Principal twins.
The second one is nicknamed "Vaporub"
(and Pam´s Twin Sister" too!)
It´s well-known that the Duffster calls her (not in her presence) that name... (seriously!)
Here is an old (sorry!) pic of the Principal twins.
The second one is nicknamed "Vaporub"
(and Pam´s Twin Sister" too!)
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- 11
With the 100th anniversary of her birth quickly approaching, I've been thinking (on-and-off, at least) about Marilyn Monroe's untimely demise in August 1962. There was a time in my life, when I was completed enamored with Marilyn, where I focused a lot of my research on the events surrounding and leading up to her death at age 36. I watched the documentaries, read the books, articles, research papers, you name it. I needled my way through all the theories, and there are lots of them -- she was murdered, multiple cover-up scenarios, the Kennedys were involved, J. Edgar Hoover was involved, and so many more that I simply cannot remember at the present.
But, as I sit here in 2026, my mind looks back on all of this information and I see a simple reading of the board. As we all know, Marilyn had a long history of alcohol and drug abuse. There were many instances were she expressed and vocalized her suicidal tendencies. As early as 1951, perhaps even earlier than that, she attempted suicide, but was ultimately rescued. There were a few other occasions where a suicide attempt (or what was read as such) occurred, almost always with pills, but a lover, a doctor, or a friend came into the equation in time to save her.
I see no concrete evidence that this isn't what happened on the evening of August 4, 1962. Of course, I am not as well-versed on the topic as I once was, but there is a morbid fascination with Marilyn's death that I think makes people want to believe something more mysterious happened than what actually did. Sure, I could very well be wrong, but perhaps what they said happened, an overdose without a rescue, is simply what happened. The pattern had been there for the better part of a decade, and perhaps the attempt to end her own life finally succeeded.
What say you?
I know we've discussed it before.
But, as I sit here in 2026, my mind looks back on all of this information and I see a simple reading of the board. As we all know, Marilyn had a long history of alcohol and drug abuse. There were many instances were she expressed and vocalized her suicidal tendencies. As early as 1951, perhaps even earlier than that, she attempted suicide, but was ultimately rescued. There were a few other occasions where a suicide attempt (or what was read as such) occurred, almost always with pills, but a lover, a doctor, or a friend came into the equation in time to save her.
I see no concrete evidence that this isn't what happened on the evening of August 4, 1962. Of course, I am not as well-versed on the topic as I once was, but there is a morbid fascination with Marilyn's death that I think makes people want to believe something more mysterious happened than what actually did. Sure, I could very well be wrong, but perhaps what they said happened, an overdose without a rescue, is simply what happened. The pattern had been there for the better part of a decade, and perhaps the attempt to end her own life finally succeeded.
What say you?
I know we've discussed it before.
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- 19
Of all Hollywood legends who tragically died young (Valentino, Harlow, Dean, Garland, Elvis, etc...) Marilyn's demise has always had this hushed, gauzy poignance about it that sets it a little apart. I suppose her girlish countenance has something to do with it, her perfection of one particular female archetype. And her too-beautiful-to-live frailty, one supposes.
But the era in which she died -- and the swill of era-specific corruption in which she marinated -- does, too. That dooming. end-of-the-world vibe of the early-1960s, just before the culture shifted seismically mid-decade, stamps her passing as wistfully, poetically predetermined somehow.
Still, with some of the characters with whom she was cavorting, and the sordid things which were going on at the time, it's easy to see why her death gave rise to 64 years of conspiracy postulations which have never ended.
Most celebrity deaths haven't really done this. Or, when they have, those theories of murder tend to fall apart, or sputter out, or simply don't ring true. Monroe's exodus was a little unique and, given the irregular circumstances surrounding her death scene, the people she knew, one can understand why. At the very least, Marilyn's jumping ship has always smelled a little shady. And still does.
And even today, the official "lone nut" scenario in JFK's assassination is constantly re-introduced to the media despite nearly two-thirds of a century of really damning evidence to the contrary (not least of which were the 2013 interviews with the Parkland doctors, where they admitted on-camera that they were told by federal agents that weekend to drop the frontal shots story "if you know what's good for you.")
I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if the theories regarding Marilyn's death have some basis in fact. And there were other highly suspicious murders of JFK's mistresses which occurred around the same time (Mary Pinchot Meyer is the most glaring example). There was a "Murder, Incorporated" going on at the time, and Marilyn being caught in its web is not outside the realm of possibility... Her relationship to the president's brother, Bobby, the attorney general in 1962, was actually closer... Did the Kennedys kill her? Almost decidedly not. But her death resulting from her association with them just can't be ruled out entirely.
And you know what happened to Diamond Cook.
But the era in which she died -- and the swill of era-specific corruption in which she marinated -- does, too. That dooming. end-of-the-world vibe of the early-1960s, just before the culture shifted seismically mid-decade, stamps her passing as wistfully, poetically predetermined somehow.
Still, with some of the characters with whom she was cavorting, and the sordid things which were going on at the time, it's easy to see why her death gave rise to 64 years of conspiracy postulations which have never ended.
Most celebrity deaths haven't really done this. Or, when they have, those theories of murder tend to fall apart, or sputter out, or simply don't ring true. Monroe's exodus was a little unique and, given the irregular circumstances surrounding her death scene, the people she knew, one can understand why. At the very least, Marilyn's jumping ship has always smelled a little shady. And still does.
And even today, the official "lone nut" scenario in JFK's assassination is constantly re-introduced to the media despite nearly two-thirds of a century of really damning evidence to the contrary (not least of which were the 2013 interviews with the Parkland doctors, where they admitted on-camera that they were told by federal agents that weekend to drop the frontal shots story "if you know what's good for you.")
I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if the theories regarding Marilyn's death have some basis in fact. And there were other highly suspicious murders of JFK's mistresses which occurred around the same time (Mary Pinchot Meyer is the most glaring example). There was a "Murder, Incorporated" going on at the time, and Marilyn being caught in its web is not outside the realm of possibility... Her relationship to the president's brother, Bobby, the attorney general in 1962, was actually closer... Did the Kennedys kill her? Almost decidedly not. But her death resulting from her association with them just can't be ruled out entirely.
And you know what happened to Diamond Cook.
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