Marilyn News

 

 

NEWS FLASH!!!

 

18th June 2011

The Seven Year Itch dress goes to auction - sells for $4.6 million!

 

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Marilyn's New York Maid ~ Lena Pepitone Found Dead in her apartment today ~ aged 86.

 

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Hollywood Legend Jane Russell Dies ~

28th February 2011, at her home in California

 

Jane Russell

21st June 1921 ~ 28th February 2011

 

Loving Marilyn is sad to report the death of Jane Russell who died on Monday 28th February 2011, at the age of 89.

 

The Hollywood Star died from respiratory failure.  Jane co-starred with Marilyn in the iconic film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953.

 

 

New Books! October 2010

 

There are some fabulous new books out at the moment - two of which I was very excited to receive recently were Marilyn Monroe: Fragments (Edited by Stanley Buchthal & Bernard Comment) which is a selection of Marilyn's own writing, including fragments from her diaries, letters and poems and some lovely rare photographs.

 

The other book I received The Final Years of Marilyn Monroe: The Amazing True Story by Keith Badman seems to have had good reviews by those who have managed to read it already - so I'm very eager to begin this book and will let you know what I think in due course (about both books)!

 

A very happy me with latest editions to my Marilyn library!

 

 

Magazine Article ~ Vanity Fair ~ November 2010 edition on the shelves October 2010

Right now on the shelves of most good newsagents you can find Marilyn on the cover of Vanity Fair November 2010 edition  - there is an excellent article about the new book Marilyn Monroe: Fragments (Edited by Stanley Buchthal & Bernard Comment) I read my copy on the beach last week!

 

 

Tony Curtis Dies 29th September 2010

 

Curtis who co-starred with Marilyn and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot, died at his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday night (29/9/10) of a heart attack at the age of 85.

 

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Tony before his death Tony and Marilyn ~ Some Like It Hot

 

 

 

Marilyn's House for sale! Click on photo for details!

 

 

An exhibition of Marilyn's clothes, documents and possession are being exhibited from 1st June until 31st August 2010 at the historic Max Factor building in Hollywood, California.

Click on the Marilyn Remembered banner for my information!

 

 

 

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ARCHIVE

 

Sunny Thompson in Marilyn Forever Blonde is coming to Europe and the UK! Please click on the photo for details!

 

 

 

 

A New Marilyn Community Site!

 

This is Marilyn

A wonderful new network has been launched. It’s a place where fans from all over the world can get together and share photos, videos and the talk is all about Marilyn and as if that wasn’t brilliant enough… there is a competition to win vintage photographs limited edition prints of Marilyn signed by the photographers – prizes range in value from $800 to a grand prize worth over $12,000! The contest is being sponsored by One West Publishing inc and Marilyn Remembered.

All registered members of thisismarilyn.com will be automatically entered into the contest and can earn points towards winning by participating in the community, uploading photos, commenting on other fans uploaded photos etc.

Take a look and see what you think – I found lots of new photos that I’d never seen before!

 

 

22nd  April 2009

 

Marilyn photographer Jack Cardiff dies aged 94

 

 

Another Marilyn photographer has died this month at his Cambridge home. Cardiff worked with Marilyn on The Prince and the Show Girl. (click on photo for details) More information on the work of Jack Cardiff coming soon to Loving Marilyn.

 

Exhibition of the Photography of Sam Shaw

Exhibition runs from 30th April 2009 to 26th July 2009

 

(Click photo for details)

 

BBC Radio 2 - Blonde on Blonde

Mariella Frostrup celebrates three iconic blondes:

Doris Day - 7th April 2009 -  at 10.30pm

Diana Dors - 14th April 2009 - at 10.30pm

Marilyn Monroe - 21st April 2009 at 10.30pm

 

 

Marilyn Photographer - Joseph Jasgur dies - 21st March 2009 in Florida 2 days before his 90th Birthday. (click photo for obituary)

 

 

It was Jasgur (seen above with Marilyn in 1946) that began the urban myth that Marilyn had 6 toes in his book 'The Birth of Marilyn Monroe' this claim has been completely disproved - see here.  More details on the work of Jasgur coming soon to Loving Marilyn.

 

22nd April 2009

 

Cecil Beaton Exhibition in London - including photos of Marilyn

 

Prints on view and available to buy!-  click photo for information

 

 

New West End Musical in London - click photo for information

 

 

 

 

Exhibition of Marilyn's Costumes in Jersey!

January 29th to end of December 2009

 

 

The Jersey Museum are exhibiting an amazing collection of Marilyn's costumes. The collection belongs to David Gainsborough-Roberts who has kindly loaned the items to the museum. Featuring Gowns and swimwear from many of her films including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, There’s No Business Like Show Business, The Seven Year Itch, Bus Stop, The Prince and the Showgirl, Some Like It Hot and The Misfits - for any Marilyn fan this is not an exhibition to missed!

 

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December 4th 2008 -

 

Christies auctioned Marilyn Monroe Items!

 

NEWS FLASH - Jacket sold for £39,650!!!

 

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The  Marilyn Monroe look-alike Suzie Kennedy modelled  Marilyn's jacket and fur stole at the Christie's auction on Thursday 4th December

For more information about Suzie please click the link to visit Suzie Kennedy as Marilyn and Loving Marilyn's Professional Bombshells page.

May 20th 2008

Marilyn's stand-in Evelyn Moriarty has died in a nursing home in Los Angeles suffering from Parkinson's disease on 20th May 2008 age unknown but approximately between 80-86).

'The same height and colouring as Marilyn, Moriarty was spotted by director George Cukor in a line of showgirls at Ear Carroll's nightclub and picked to be Marilyn's stand-in for Lets Make Love (1960). She kept the job on The Misfits (1961) and the unfinished Something's Got to Give. A reporter who interviewed her in 1987, twenty-five years after Marilyn's death, noticed her "slip into Marilyn's mannerisms that she learned first hand-pursing her lips, batting her lashes or whispering in Marilyn's silky voice".

Moriarty unfailingly recalls Marilyn as a kind, generous, and loyal person who loved and took care of animals. She also helped people, such as during production of Let's Make Love when she made (an anonymous) donation of $1,000 to pay for the funeral expenses of the wife of a crew member.

The last time Moriarty saw Marilyn was on the star's thirty-sixth birthday, on what turned out to be the last day of shooting on Something's Got to Give before the studio closed the picture down. Moriarty had gone round the set and collected fifty cents from all the crew to buy a surprise cake. When an executive said he would cover the cost she returned the money and was driven by studio car to Humphries bakery at the Farmer's Market. Marilyn was said to be delighted by the impromptu celebration.

Ever since Marilyn's death, Moriarty has faithfully paid her respects on the star's birthday at the Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Moriarty has featured in many Marilyn documentaries and has always been the voice of unending praise. Of the flood of books that have come out about Marilyn Moriarty said "they are writing fiction and saying it is true, it's mind boggling"...' (information taken  from The Complete Marilyn Monroe by Adam Victor)

Moriarty has been buried at the Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery near Marilyn's crypt.

March 24th 2008

The actor Richard Widmark, Marilyn's co-star in Don't Bother to Knock has died aged 93 after a long illness.

details here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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