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The love between ‘Frankie’ and ‘Norma Jeane’ that was kept secret in Hollywood

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Frank & Marilyn.The exposé reveals the desire and dysfunction behind their secret seven-year on-off affair.“She was taking barbiturates washed down with Dom Perignon champagne, having a tough time psychologically,” says Epstein.“Frank was furious.

He thought women should be ladylike. But he was really troubled by her psychological weaknesses,loneliness and insecurities that she drowned in alcohol and pills.”Their marriage plans fell apart, but Monroe and Sinatra remained lovers – “friends with benefits,” as Epstein puts it – until her death from a drug overdose in 1962, aged 36.Even then, their affair was known only to their closest Hollywood confidantes.“They found excitement in the cloak-and-dagger secrecy of their romance,” reveals Epstein.They planned to marry, but walked a perilous tightrope, balancing between her affairs with President Kennedy, his brother Robert, and her possessive ex-husband, baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.“Frank and Marilyn wouldn’t dare go public, not even holding hands on a red carpet, because both knew how jealous Joe DiMaggio could be.

Frank was frightened of DiMaggio, who was a head taller, and a volatile Italian with Mafia connections.“When planning their wedding, Frank thought that they should tie the knot in Europe, far from DiMaggio.”Monroe and Sinatra had begun as friends and became lovers, calling each other “Frankie” and “Norma Jeane”. “They found they shared a lot in common,” says Epstein.“They understood each other, knowing what it was like to live under constant pressure, public scrutiny and nasty headlines.

Both were vulnerable, tormented by insecurities, lonely and isolated by their fame.“Frank liked to save ladies in distress, and Marilyn turned to him in times of trouble.

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