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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 439849" data-attributes="member: 7">With the 100th anniversary of her birth quickly approaching, I&#039;ve been thinking (on-and-off, at least) about Marilyn Monroe&#039;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&#039;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&#039;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&#039;ve discussed it before. [ATTACH=full]59010[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 439849, member: 7"] 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. [ATTACH type="full"]59010[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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