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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 439855" data-attributes="member: 57984"><p>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 <em>too-beautiful-to-live</em> frailty, one supposes.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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 <em><strong>really damning</strong></em> 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.")</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>And you know what happened to Diamond Cook.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WP-zWpyk9yg/We-IoOkPnoI/AAAAAAAC3Jw/LdmgTB8oB4Uai_0BwfeAbPMSDCLwsWZfACLcBGAs/s1600/marilyn-monroe-the-red-dress-sitting-6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTg5YTU5ZjItODE4OS00YjFiLWIwOWEtZGM3NDE5MmZjMjQ4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 808px" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 439855, member: 57984"] 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 [I]too-beautiful-to-live[/I] 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 [I][B]really damning[/B][/I] 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. [IMG]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WP-zWpyk9yg/We-IoOkPnoI/AAAAAAAC3Jw/LdmgTB8oB4Uai_0BwfeAbPMSDCLwsWZfACLcBGAs/s1600/marilyn-monroe-the-red-dress-sitting-6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="808px"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTg5YTU5ZjItODE4OS00YjFiLWIwOWEtZGM3NDE5MmZjMjQ4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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