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Marilyn Monroe never knew who her father was. She was moved from foster homes to orphanages in her childhood. While working at a munitions factory she was noticed by a photographer shooting pictures of women contributing to the war effort. At 27 she invented a character and personality with a new name for herself. In 1954 while filming The Seven Year Itch she walked across a subway grate on 52nd street in New York and the most iconic images of the entire 20th century were put on film by 100’s of enthusiastic fans with cameras. The dress she wore sold in 2011 for over $4.6 million. $3 million over what was estimated. Having histories most famous, below calf, cocktail dress expose her underwear with the subways blow back was more that husband Joe DiMaggio could tolerate. The same year they were married they had a “yelling battle” over the white dress scene and a month later she filed for a mental cruelty divorce, 274 days after the wedding. He delivered ½ a dozen red roses to her crypt three times a week for over 20 years ending with his last words “I‘ll finally get to see Marilyn”.

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Marilyn Monroe never knew who her father was. She was moved from foster homes to orphanages in her childhood. While working at a munitions factory she was noticed by a photographer shooting pictures of women contributing to the war effort. At 27 she invented a character and personality with a new name for herself. In 1954 while filming The Seven Year Itch she walked across a subway grate on 52nd street in New York and the most iconic images of the entire 20th century were put on film by 100’s of enthusiastic fans with cameras. The dress she wore sold in 2011 for over $4.6 million. $3 million over what was estimated. Having histories most famous, below calf, cocktail dress expose her underwear with the subways blow back was more that husband Joe DiMaggio could tolerate. The same year they were married they had a “yelling battle” over the white dress scene and a month later she filed for a mental cruelty divorce, 274 days after the wedding. He delivered ½ a dozen red roses to her crypt three times a week for over 20 years ending with his last words “I‘ll finally get to see Marilyn”.