The life of Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Monroe died tragically 60 years ago today at age 36. This is the story of a trailblazing Hollywood icon who was so much more than just a "blonde bombshell"...

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00:07I just love finding new places to wear diamonds.

00:10Boop, boop, bee-doo.

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00:18Marilyn had a very rough childhood

00:20because her mother was very unstable

00:22and was institutionalized,

00:23and rather than get into that,

00:25she lied and said her mother was deceased,

00:27and so she had to live with that secret

00:30for the whole beginning of her career.

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00:41Now, here comes a young lady

00:42who has created a real sensation in the picture business.

00:45Have a look at Marilyn Monroe.

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00:51Come on over here a little closer.

00:52This is your television premiere, isn't it, Marilyn?

00:54That's right.

00:55It feels almost like making pictures.

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01:13It's not that I object to doing musicals or comedies.

01:20In fact, I rather enjoy it,

01:21but I would like to do also dramatic parts, too.

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02:00That dress cloister to get a divorce from Joe DiMaggio

02:02was so controversial at the time.

02:03That scene in cinematic history

02:05is considered the defining moment of all film.

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02:12Climax of the day is a full-blown speculation.

02:14A young couple poses for a photographer

02:16and they reach for the photographer's hand

02:18and I think we're in trouble.

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02:28Marilyn Monroe, privately,

02:31was very different than she was publicly.

02:33She had created this character.

02:35She was not this ditzy kind of funny sex pot.

02:42She was a very thinking, very curious,

02:45very intelligent woman

02:48and always wanted to better herself.

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03:40It was one of the last public appearances

03:42for Marilyn Monroe before she sadly passed away.

03:45So this dress speaks to history, politics,

03:48the Kennedys, Monroe, it's Hollywood, it's fashion,

03:51and there's tragedy all wrapped up

03:52into one piece of souffle gauze

03:55with 2,500 crystals hand-stitched onto the garment.

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