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American actress and model (1926–1962)
The official medical finding and contemporaneous police conclusion was that Marilyn Monroe died of acute barbiturate poisoning and that the mode of death was a “probable suicide” . Subsequent reviews,...
Public reporting shows a mix of confirmed elective rib removals by non‑traditional celebrities (notably influencer Emily James who removed six ribs and documented it) and long‑running rumours about ma...
John F. Kennedy has been publicly linked to a long list of alleged mistresses — frequently named in reporting and documentaries are Marilyn Monroe, Judith Campbell Exner, Mimi Alford, Mary Pinchot Mey...
The primary forensic documents generated in 1962 — the autopsy report by and the contemporaneous toxicology findings that attributed death to acute barbiturate poisoning — are in circulation in public...
Media outlets and social networks sometimes treat attendance at -branded events—like parties, club nights or promotional appearances—as tantamount to having appeared in Playboy magazine, a confusion r...
Books and mass media have been central to transforming ’s 1962 “probable suicide” into a constellation of by recycling weak or anonymous testimony, inventing dramatic links to , the mob and intelligen...
People in history have frequently been described, remembered or marketed as “attractive,” and dozens of popular listicles and history sites highlight specific women and men noted for beauty—from ancie...