Marilyn Monroe
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From that point forward, Norma started getting gigs for modeling. She and James drifted apart and finally divorced. James later became a gun instructor for the Los Angeles Police. In 1964 he gave an interview which is now posted on YouTube. | From that point forward, Norma started getting gigs for modeling. She and James drifted apart and finally divorced. James later became a gun instructor for the Los Angeles Police. In 1964 he gave an interview which is now posted on YouTube. | ||
| − | Although she was to take the stage-name "Marilyn Monroe", she did not legally change her name to "Marilyn Monroe" until much later, while in New York. | + | Although she was to take the stage-name "Marilyn Monroe", she did not legally change her name to "Marilyn Monroe" until much later, while in New York. |
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| + | Marilyn's last movie was ''The Misfits'' where she starred opposite Clark Cable and [[Montgomery Clift]] in a movie about the chance meeting of three societal misfits. | ||
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| + | Marilyn died in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles 5 August 1962 of an apparent drug overdose. | ||
===Primary sources for Marilyn=== | ===Primary sources for Marilyn=== | ||
