... people thought. In 1953's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Marilyn attained stardom as a successful actress. In 1954 Marilyn married Joe DiMaggio, yet was divorced within the same year. In 1956 she married playwright Arthur Miller. She tried desperately to have a child, but miscarried several times. In 1957 Mariyln Monroe Productions produced it's only film, "The Prince and the Showgirl". Although Marilyn's wish to become a star ... was ultimately destroyed by the pressures that made her famous. Mariyln's last years were filled with the same type of unhappiness that occurred in the childhood...

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... covers (including the very first issue of Playboy Magazine), three marriages, and numerous scandals, one even involving the then President John F. Kennedy. Then in 1961, soon after her divorce to playwright Arthur Miller, she was briefly hospitalized in a mental clinic and started taking drugs for her various problems. On August 5, 1962, Monroe was found dead of an overdose of barbiturates in her home ... ...

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