Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was a famous actress, singer, model and film producer who died in 1962. Although she was an exceptional actress, she rarely played anything but the "dumb blonde" roll. Still, she was loved by everyone. In the later years... [more]

Marilyn Monroe was a famous actress, singer, model and film producer who died in 1962. Although she was an exceptional actress, she rarely played anything but the "dumb blonde" roll. Still, she was loved by everyone. In the later years of her life Monroe was plagued by illness, personal problems and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with. At the age of 36, she died of an overdose of barbiturates. It is still unknown whether she committed suicide, or was murdered.

 
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Marilyn Monroe’s all time favourite costume, the infamous gold dress, will be worn for the first time in a West End production.  The world’s leading Marilyn Monroe homage artist, Suzie Kennedy, will wear the dress in Bonnie Greer’s play with songs, Marilyn & Ella on 22nd and 29th November at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue.  The dress was designed by William Travilla, Marilyn’s costume designer and one of her closest friends, for the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). It was one of Marilyn’s favourite dresses. A unique design, to this day no designer is quite sure how Travilla made the dress. It was ... Read Full Story
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A legion of male admirers found her irresistible before her death but Marilyn Monroe has not been able to exert the same kind of pull in the afterlife. A fresh Internet auction for a final resting place in the crypt above the Hollywood legend's tomb has ended with zero bidders willing to meet the estimated 500,000-dollar valuation for the spot, local media reported Tuesday. Widow Elsie Poncher is reportedly trying to sell her husband Richard's resting place above Monroe in order to help pay off her mortgage. Her husband bought the plot from Monroe's former spouse and baseball icon Joe DiMaggio and has been ... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery. Widow Elsie Poncher is trying to sell her husband's crypt to pay off the mortgage on her Beverly Hills home. On selling the crypt, Poncher had planned to move her husband, who died in 1986, to an adjacent crypt intended for her. But a $4.6 million bid submitted through online auctioneer eBay Inc in August fell through when the unidentified bidder pulled out. A second auction on ... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery. Widow Elsie Poncher is trying to sell her husband's crypt to pay off the mortgage on her Beverly Hills home. On selling the crypt, Poncher had planned to move her husband, who died in 1986, to an adjacent crypt intended for her. But a $4.6 million bid submitted through online auctioneer eBay Inc in August fell through when the unidentified bidder pulled out. A second auction on ... Read Full Story
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The crypt above Marilyn Monroe is going back on the auction block. Bidding for the marble mausoleum crypt will start at $500,000 beginning Oct. 19, according to organizer Eric Gazin of AuctionCause.com. A previous $4.6 million bid for the space fell through in August when Elsie Poncher first attempted to auction off her late husband's crypt. The new eBay.com auction will end Oct. 29 and require a $5,000 refundable deposit. Gazin said he believes the crypt at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery will fetch "millions of dollars" at auction. Other celebrities including Farrah Fawcett, Natalie Wood, Rodney Dangerfield, Dean Martin, Jack Lemmon, Eva ... Read Full Story
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) - Bye Bye Baby Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, co-stars in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), sing Bye Bye Baby. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 film adaptation of the 1949 stage musical, released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, Taylor Holmes, and Norma...  
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The crypt above MARILYN MONROE's final resting place has failed to sell for the second time - not a single bid was made for the burial spot.Elsie Poncher put her...  
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WestwordKenny Be's Yard Arteology: Bronze ghost of Marilyn Monroe emerges in North ...WestwordThe stacked ring of pink sandstones that represent the Wind Cave blow hole, also demonstrates an aesthetic strategy to keep skateboarders from getting close ...  
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The burial vault above where Marilyn Monroe’s remains lie was auctioned off, but failed to receive any bids, reports CBC. This is the second time the crypt of Richard Poncher has been placed on the auction block since August. Poncher’s widow is selling the vault to pay off the mortgage on her home in Beverly Hills. [...]  
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Why does anyone bother saying "Rest in Peace" anymore? The jig is up! You might think you'll lay in the ground forever, but maybe a lake has to be created where the cemetery is, financial turmoil hits, or scientists want to display your aged corpse in museums. In this case, one poor deceased man is being ripped from his space above Marilyn Monroe to pay off a mortgage. Over the summer, Reuters reported that Elsie Poncher wanted to pay off her...  
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The crypt above Marilyn Monroe is going back on the auction block. Bidding for the marble mausoleum crypt will start at $500,000 beginning Oct. 19, according to organizer Eric Gazin of AuctionCause.com. A previous $4.6 million bid for the space fell through in August when Elsie Poncher first attempted to auction off her late husband's crypt. The new eBay.com auction will end Oct. 29 and require a 1 to 5 percent refundable deposit, based on...  
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Designer Isabel Toledo presented her spring collection in D.C. on Wednesday night and in an interview with Politico, Toledo dropped hints about a new dress of hers that has found her way into Michelle Obama's closet. "She has a new piece of mine that's all pleated jersey, in black," Toledo said. "It's very Marilyn Monroe, actually. It has a beautiful flow. But we don't know what it's for." Toledo and her husband Ruben also reflected on their...  
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