On This Day: Marilyn Monroe Died (1962)

Found dead in Brentwood at thirty-six, an industry's most studied loss.

Marilyn Monroe was one of the most famous people in the world when she died, and she has become even more famous since. Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1926, she navigated a childhood in foster care to become a genuine film actress who studied seriously at the Actors Studio, a businesswoman who co-fou