20 Marilyn Monroe Facts That We Never Knew
While most of Marilyn's life has been in the public eye, some things are still pretty well hidden. Here are 20 such facts that you probably didn't know about Marilyn Monroe.
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"Marilyn Monroe got chin surgery because she overheard someone call her “a chinless wonder” at a party, behind her back." - u/menudoMiHaceDuro
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"The most valuable locks of hair ever sold were from Che Guevara ($119500), Elvis ($115000), and Michael Jackson ($100000). Among the 40 most expensive locks: Justin Bieber ($44000), Lincoln ($38837), Washington ($18750), Napoleon ($13000), Napoleon's horse ($10588), and Marilyn Monroe ($9200)." - u/malalatargaryen
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"Contrary to popular belief, Marilyn Monroe was not a UK size 16, equating to the ‘curvy’ role model she is painted as, but ranged from a UK size 4-8." - u/l4uri3j
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"Arthur Miller's (Famous author of 'Death of a Salesman') brother was named Kermit. A salesman. And best man at Arthur's wedding to Marilyn Monroe." - u/explikator
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"The man in the crypt above Marilyn Monroe is entombed face down, above the movie star." - u/jalapena_pinata
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"Having been raised to hold more progressive views on race, Marilyn Monroe became an advocate for civil rights & was elected as an alternate delegate to Connecticut's state Democratic convention. Monroe attended rallies protesting the violation of civil liberties caused by anti-Communist fervor." -deleted user
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"In 2016, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum in Hollywood paid $4.8 million for Marilyn Monroe's “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress that Monroe wore at JFK's 45th birthday celebration. The purchase cements it as one of the most expensive pieces of pop-culture memorabilia of all time." -deleted user
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"The DA reopened Marilyn Monroe's death investigation when the coroner claimed coercion to profess suicide, and the autopsy file, police report and her diary, which they believed had damaging information on the Kennedys, vanished. A $10,000 reward was offered for her missing diary." - u/KnotKarma
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"Marilyn Monroe’s signature breathy speaking voice was actually a tactic the actress used to overcome a childhood stutter. A speech therapist reportedly trained her to adopt the throaty style, and it ended up becoming one of her standout traits as an actress and singer." -deleted user
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"The Sophia Loren - Jayne Mansfield photo that caused an international sensation in 1957. Loren was being welcomed to Hollywood by Paramount at a dinner at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills. 20th Century Fox was promoting Mansfield as the blonde-bombshell successor to Marilyn Monroe." - u/ClandesTyne
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"Marilyn Monroe nearly passed away from an overdose in the Hamptons 5 years before her death." - u/MattMedvedOfficial
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"Marilyn Monroe was once roommate with actress Shelley Winters, and they made a list of men they wanted to sleep with. "There was no one under 50 on hers," Winters later said. "I never got to ask her before she died how much of her list she had achieved, but on her list was Albert Ein-stein." - u/malalatargaryen
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"There exists a film of Marilyn Monroe performing oral sex on an unidentified man. It was sold at auction for $1.5M to a NY businessman who has kept it private." -deleted user
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"Before and after he assumed the presidency, Kennedy reportedly had affairs with a number of women, including Marilyn Monroe, Gunilla von Post, Judith Campbell, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Marlene Dietrich, Mimi Alford, and his wife's press secretary, Pamela Turnure." - u/One_Man_Riot_
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"Hugh Hefner paid a Chicago calendar company $500 for a nude images of Marilyn Monroe. These photos launched Playboy in 1953 and helped to create the first edition of the famous magazine. Monroe never posed for Playboy and was never paid directly for the use of the images." -deleted user
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"Alec Baldwin, Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Sally Field, Richard Gere, Katherine Hepburn, and Ashley Judd are all descendants of original Mayflower settlers." - u/Romobyl
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"Joe DiMaggio was so in love with Marilyn Monroe that after her death he had flowers delivered to her grave twice a week for 20 years." - u/turnaroundu
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"Marilyn Monroe suffered from depression, and was unable to have children throughout her life." - u/woohooima
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