Dean Martin, Fred Karger, Howard Hughes, Johhny Hyde, John Carroll, Johnny Roselli, Jorge Guinle, Joseph M. Schenck, Mickey Rooney, Oleg Cassini, Pat DiCicco, Robert Mitchum, Sammy Davis, Jr., Tony Curtis, James Dougherty (married) 1942 - 1946, Orson Welles, Albert Einstein, Milton Berle, Howard Keel, George Sanders, Elia Kazan, Joe DiMaggio (married) 1954, Mel Torme, Marlon Brando, Elvis Presley, Arthur Miller (married) 1956 - 1961, Yul Brynner, Yves Montand, Frank Sinatra, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy. . .
These are the names of the 31 flames in Marilyn's life. She went through men constantly, always trying to find the one thing she craved. . . love, comfort, safety! The problem was that she was not able to figure out how to have all these things. While Marilyn was always trying to appear happy to everyone around her, she was still always searching for something to fill the void created in her life caused by her childhood.
While Marilyn continued her search for love after she divorced her second husband, Joe DiMaggio, she was still not able to find it. Joe was really the only person who had continued to be a constant in her life. He was there for her when she was put into a mental institution and he claimed her as his wife to get her out. Before her death they had made plans to remarry on August 8, 1962, which ended up becoming her funeral date.
A broken hearted Joe made funeral arrangements for the love of his life, making sure everything was perfect. Joe went through everything in the house where she died and came upon this unfinished note:
Joe lived 47 more years without Marilyn and preceded to fulfill his promise to her, to leave roses on her grave every week. While Marilyn never got the fairytale ending she deserved, she left behind a romantic tragedy that people still find fascinating today.
Marilyn Monroe was a once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece, the last and only rose of her kind.
Wow! Such a great love story even though it seemed a little short. I like how you added in the Elton John song on your blog. Why was Marilyn put in a mental hospital, also has the way Marilyn found her fame affected other models or actresses?
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