sourceWhat is it about Marilyn Monroe? Fifty years after her death on Aug. 5, 1962, people are still trying to answer that question.
The fascination began in 1947, when Norma Jeane Mortenson dyed her hair blonde and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. From then on, Monroe would become not only a sex symbol, but an icon of Hollywood’s golden years.
But behind her bombshell body and gorgeous face, there was a sweet sadness behind her eyes that stemmed from an unhappy childhood, several unhappy marriages, remarkably low self-esteem and years of alcohol and prescription pill abuse.
Many have tried — and failed — to figure out why the object of every man’s desire was such a conflicted spirit.
