The life of Marilyn Monroe is one of Hollywood’s most enduring, intriguing and ultimately tragic stories, and it serves as the basis for Netflix’s film Blonde in which Ana de Armas stars as the beloved screen siren.
Monroe passed away at age 36 in 1962, so those unfamiliar with the Some Like It Hot star’s tale will be wondering how Marilyn Monroe died.
Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1926, Monroe shot to fame in 1953 and she would soon cement herself as the comedic “blonde bombshell”.
She was one of the world’s first true “sex symbols”, becoming an icon for a time of sexual revolution between the 1950s and 60s.
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