KING CORONER: MARILYN MONROE DEATH – SUICIDE OR MURDER?

Published on: August 6, 2013
by DICK SIEGEL, NATIONAL ENQUIRER web editor
Photography by: Zuma Press
KING CORONER: MARILYN MONROE DEATH – SUICIDE OR MURDER?

Famed King Coroner DR. THOMAS A. NOGUCHI looks at the many unanswered questions surrounding the death of MARILYN MONROE.

In his book “Coroner”, Noguchi revealed that he used then state of the art forensics to declare Monroe’s death a suicide but he was still nagged by the persistent rumors that she was killed to prevent her from destroying then Attorney General ROBERT KENNEDY’s  political career.

When Marilyn’s movie career was sinking   after the failure of “The Misfits” and “Let’s Make Love” Noguchi wrote, “She began taking so many tranquilizers that her psychiatrists became alarmed. The only bright spot was Robert Kennedy who had been playing close attention to her…but when she couldn’t even reach him on the telephone” things got worse.

On the day of her death after asking her housekeeper for oxygen and happily chatting with former husband Joe DiMaggio’s son, she received a phone call from Peter Lawford, inviting her to dinner.  MM declined adding, “Say goodbye to Pat, say goodbye to the President. Say goodbye to yourself because you’ve been a good guy.” She then hung up.

Within hours, Marilyn was found lying dead, in a poignant image flashed around the world.

At the time Noguchi was a new hire in the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office, years away from becoming the Chief.

During the autopsy, questions began to burrow deep into Noguchi’s mind as he watched the grim proceedings.

If Marilyn had committed suicide by ingesting mass quantities of pills then why was her stomach empty?

If she had taken Nembutals (a tranquilizer) the yellow dye should have been found on the linings of her throat, esophagus and stomach.  There was no yellow stain present.

There was no needle mark on Marilyn’s arm despite testimony to the police that her psychiatrist had given her an injection the day before.

Noguchi wrote that he pointed out to the Assistant DAs that “Marilyn had been a heavy user of sleeping pills and chloral hydrate for years.  Her stomach …familiar with these pills …quickly ingested and “dumped” (the pills) into her intestinal tract.”

As for the absence of a needle mark, the injection was made by a fine precision instrument and would have healed within hours, becoming invisible.

As to the missing yellow dye from the Nembutal, Noguchi pointed out that the drug was manufactured with “a capsule whose color does not run when swallowed.”

While Monroe’s death was officially ruled a suicide, Noguchi wrote in his book, he was troubled that secret FBI files were sealed immediately after Monroe’s death. 

Stranger still, John Miner of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, had listened to the secret audio recordings made by Marilyn’s psychiatrist of their sessions. He testified that based on what he heard as well as a private interview with the shrink, he was convinced Marilyn had not committed suicide despite two previous failed attempts.

If it was murder why were the only entrances to Marilyn’s room — both a door and a window – – locked from the inside?

 “Until classified records are made public, controversy will continue to swirl around Marilyn’s death,” Noguchi wrote.

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Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe - publicity - necklace.JPG

mid-1950s
Born Norma Jeane Mortenson
June 1, 1926
Los Angeles, California, United States
Died August 5, 1962 (aged 36)
Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of death Barbiturate overdose
Resting place Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles
Nationality American
Other names Norma Jeane Baker
Norma Jeane Dougherty
Norma Jeane DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe Miller
Occupation Actress, model, singer, film producer
Years active 1947–1962
Notable work(s) Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, River of No Return, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot, The Misfits
Religion Pentecostal (1926–1956),
Judaism (1956–1962)[1]
Spouse(s) James Dougherty (m. 1942–1946) (divorced)
Joe DiMaggio (m. 1954–1954) (divorced)
Arthur Miller (m. 1956–1961) (divorced)
Signature Marilyn Monroe Signature.svg

Marilyn Monroe[2][3] (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)[4] was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.[5]

After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950), drew attention. By 1952 she had her first leading role in Don’t Bother to Knock[6] and 1953 brought a lead in Niagara, a melodramatic film noir that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her “dumb blonde” persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe’s last completed film was The Misfits (1961), co-starring Clark Gable, with a screenplay written by her then-husband, Arthur Miller.

The final years of Monroe’s life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for unreliability and being difficult to work with. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a “probable suicide”, the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as of homicide, have not been ruled out. In 1999, Monroe was ranked as the sixth-greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. In the decades following her death, she has often been cited as both a pop and a cultural icon as well as the quintessential American sex symbol.[7][8][9] In 2009, TV Guide Network named her No. 1 in Film’s Sexiest Women of All Time.[10]

Family and early life

File:Marilyn Monroe Birth Certificate.jpg

Birth certificate of Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1926

Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926, in the Los Angeles County Hospital[11] as Norma Jeane Mortenson (soon after changed to Baker), the third child born to Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe, May 27, 1902 – March 11, 1984).[12] Monroe’s birth certificate names the father as Martin Edward Mortensen with his residence stated as “unknown”.[13] The name Mortenson is listed as her surname on the birth certificate, although Gladys immediately had it changed to Baker, the surname of her first husband and which she still used. Martin’s surname was misspelled on the birth certificate leading to more confusion on who her actual father was. Gladys Baker had married a Martin E. Mortensen in 1924, but they had separated before Gladys’ pregnancy.[14] Several of Monroe’s biographers suggest that Gladys Baker used his name to avoid the stigma of illegitimacy.[15] Mortensen died at the age of 85, and Monroe’s birth certificate, together with her parents’ marriage and divorce documents, were discovered. The documents showed that Mortensen filed for divorce from Gladys on March 5, 1927, and it was finalized on October 15, 1928.[16][17]

1900 United States Federal Census about Martin Mortensen

Name: Martin Mortensen
Age: 39
Birth Date: abt 1861
Birthplace: At Sea
Home in 1900: Naval Training Station, San Francisco, California
Race: White
Immigration Year: 1867
Relation to Head of House: Ch B M
Occupation:

 

Name: Martin Mortinsen
[Martin Martinsen] 
[Martin Mortensen] 
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Norway
Home in 1920: San Francisco Assembly District 21, San Francisco, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1885
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Marital Status: Single
Father’s Birthplace: Norway
Mother’s Birthplace: Norway
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes 

 

 

 

Name: Martin Martinsen
Age: 77
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Norway
Relation to Head of House: Inmate
Home in 1940: Sitka, First Judicial Division, Alaska
Map of Home in 1940:
Citizenship: Naturalized
Sheet Number: 38A
institution: Pioneer Home
Attended School or College: No
Martin Martinson
Census Date: 1 Jun 1905
Residence County: Trempealeau
Residence State: Wisconsin
Locality: Eleva
Birth Location: Norway
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Race: White
Relation: Father
Spouse’s Name: Eugena Rise
Line: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
C S Howey 69
Eugena Rise 45
Lulu Rise 18
Martin Martinson 42
Andrina Martinson 37
Alfred Martinson 11
Tillie Martinson 9
Olga Martinson 1
Carl Martinson 5
Emeil Martinson 3

 

 

Martin Martinson
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Norway
Home in 1880: Amherst, Fillmore, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father’s Name: Erick Martinson
Father’s Birthplace: Norway
Mother’s Name: Lena Martinson
Mother’s Birthplace: Norway
Household Members:
Name Age
Erick Martinson 44
Lena Martinson 46
Martin Martinson 17
James Martinson 14
John Martinson 10
Alfred Martinson 7

Throughout her life, Marilyn Monroe denied that Mortensen was her father.[14] She said that, when she was a child, she had been shown a photograph of a man that Gladys identified as her father, Charles Stanley Gifford. She remembered that he had a thin mustache and somewhat resembled Clark Gable, and that she had amused herself by pretending that Gable was her father.[14][18]

Gladys Pearl Baker

Birth 27 May 1902 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico
Death 11 Mar 1984 in Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, United States
 

Family Members

Parents

Spouse & Children

Spouse & Children

Spouse & Children

Spouse & Children

Spouse & Children

 
John Stewart Eley 1889 – 1952

Gladys was mentally unstable and financially unable to care for the young Norma Jeane, so she placed her with foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender of Hawthorne, California, where she lived until she was seven. One day, Gladys visited and demanded that the Bolenders return Norma Jeane to her. Ida refused, as she knew Gladys was unstable and the situation would not benefit her young daughter. Gladys pulled Ida into the yard, then quickly ran back to the house and locked herself in. Several minutes later, she walked out with one of Albert Bolender’s military duffel bags. To Ida’s horror, Gladys had stuffed a screaming Norma Jeane into the bag, zipped it up, and was carrying it right out with her.

Ida charged toward her, and their struggle split the bag apart, dumping out Norma Jeane, who wept loudly as Ida grabbed her and pulled her back inside the house, away from Gladys.[19] In 1933, Gladys bought a house and brought Norma Jeane to live with her. A few months later, Gladys began a series of mental episodes that would plague her for the rest of her life. In My Story, Monroe recalls her mother “screaming and laughing” as she was forcibly removed to the State Hospital in Norwalk.

 

Norma Jeane was declared a ward of the state. Gladys’s best friend, Grace McKee, became her guardian. It was Grace who told Monroe that someday she would become a movie star. Grace was captivated by Jean Harlow, and would let Norma Jeane wear makeup and take her out to get her hair curled. They would go to the movies together, forming the basis for Norma Jeane’s fascination with the cinema and the stars on screen. When Norma Jeane was 9, McKee married Ervin Silliman “Doc” Goddard in 1935, and subsequently sent Monroe to the Los Angeles Orphans Home (later renamed Hollygrove), followed by a succession of foster homes.[20] While at Hollygrove, several families were interested in adopting her; however, reluctance on Gladys’ part to sign adoption papers

1962 – On April 23 th Marilyn arrived at the 20th Fox studio”s to do some costume and hair tests,. Later as we know Marilyn didn’t come to work because she was sick, she had sinusitis. Her private doctor, Dr Hyman Engelberg, and the studio doctor, Dr Lee Siegel, agreed on Marilyn’s need of rest.
On June 7, 1962, Marilyn was officially dismissed for “breach of contract”, after Levathes had stopped the project.
On July 25, 1962, Peter Levathes personally went to Marilyn’s home to announce her that the Fox wanted her back : not only they would give sueing her up, but she would be re engaged with a higher salary.

Marilyn’s lawyer, Milton Rudin, set about working on the contractual details of her return in the set. On Marilyn’s suggestion, Jean Negulesco was asked to know if he would agree to direct the movie.
On August 1, 1962, 4 days before Marilyn’s death, the Fox signed a new contract for her, with this time a salary of 500 000$ .

Marilyn monroe in her Last unFinished movie *Something’s got to Give* 1962:

miss Monroe died all of a Sudden, so George cukor coulden’t Finish the movie:
so they made a new movie with Doris day as ellen arden, the name of that movie was
*Move over Darling* Sorry that i coulden’t add the original music in this film, it’s because of copyrighted stuff, i hope you all like the movie anyway, Feel free to add an comment:

Rest in Peace Marilyn :

1902 – May 27th Gladys Pearl Monroe born in Porfirio Diaz, Mexico.

Gladys spent her childhood in Mexico where her father worked for the Mexican railways.
Spring 1903 : her parents settled in Los Angeles where her father had found a better paid job at the Pacific Electric Railway.

November 1908 : Otis was admitted at the Southern California State Hospital, in Patton (San Bernardino County). A general paresis was diagnosed, the ultimate level of nervous syphilis (the treatment of this disease would only be discover in 1908).

November 1912 : Della left the marital home with her two children, Galdys and Marion, and lived in a furnished flat.

November 10, 1917 : birth of Robert Kermit Baker (called Jack).
July 30, 1919 : birth of Berniece Inez Gladys.
June 1, 1926 : At 9.30 AM she gave birth to Norma Jeane at the Los Angeles General Hospital.

January 15, 1935 : she was declared definitely insane (paranoïd schizophrenia) by the doctors from the Norwalk State Hospital
1945 : Dora Graham stepped in favor of Galdys with the authorities and to be allowed of going out, Gladys agreed to live for at least one year with her aunt Dora in Portand.

Summer 1945 : Galdys had left the Agnew State Hospital and lived with DOra (the hospital had declared that she wasn’t a danger for her or for the others anymore).
Norma Jeane visited her.

April 20, 1949 : Gladys married John Stewart Eley, an electrician, native to Boise, Idaho.
1951 : Inez Melson, Marilyn new manager, did, on Marilyn’s request, regular visites to Gladys, to make sure that she was well while she went from an institution to another.

February 9, 1953 : on Grace advice, Gladys entered once again in the hopsital, in a much more comfortable institution, the Rockhaven Sanatorium, Verduga City. Marilyn payed 250$ a month for the charges.

1963 : she escaped from the Rockhaven Sanatorium and was found the next day in a church of San Fernando Valley; in her hands a Bible and a Christian Science prayers book.

April 27, 1966 : she was transfered to the Camarillo State Hospital.
1967 : she left the hospital and went to live in Florida with her daughter Berniece Miracle.

1970 : she went in a nursing-home.
She lived her last years in Collins Court Home for aged people (4201 S.W 21 Place, Gainesville, Florida) under the name of Gladys Eley.

March 11, 1984 : Gladys died from a heart attack and was cremated.

It is a quiet day on July 27, 2012, at the crypt of Marilyn Monroe at Pierce Brothers Memorial Cemetary in Westwood, Calif., but it is the calm before the storm. On Sunday, August 5. people from around the world will converge here to honor her memory on the 50th anniversary of her death. Video by Woody McBreairty, West Hollywood, Calif.

 

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While working together these 6 weeks in 1962 Marilyn said to photographer and journalist George Barris, “Don’t
believe anything you read about me except this story.”

July 1962 – “Do you ever think of the future?” Barris asked her.. “Do you have some unfulfilled ambitions?” She answered,
“I’d like to be a fine actress. I’m interested in horticulture, but I don’t think I want to be a gardner. I’m interested
in all the arts. I’m even interested in people!”

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