Rare Facts You Never Knew About Marilyn Monroe

Appreciated After Death

After her death, the media had an overwhelming amount of calls for information about the star. A French artist by the name of Jean Cocteau said that her death "should serve as a terrible lesson to all those, whose chief occupation consists of spying on and tormenting film stars." She was front-page news all around the world...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.