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1982 Investigation

A 1982 investigation into Marilyn Monroe's death, which found no evidence of homicide.

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Jan 19, 2026
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Was Marilyn Monroe’s death a suicide

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,...

Jan 28, 2026
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Which primary-source documents (autopsy, toxicology, police reports) from 1962 are publicly available about Monroe's death and where can they be accessed?

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...

Jan 23, 2026

How have books and media shaped public belief in conspiracy theories about celebrity deaths, using Marilyn Monroe as a case study?

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...

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