was found dead on this date in 1962. She was 36.
According to Joe DiMaggio biographer Richard Ben Cramer, after Monroe’s marriage to Arthur Miller had ended, she and DiMaggio had reconciled — the Kennedys notwithstanding. By 1962 they planned to re-marry. The wedding was set for Wednesday, August 8, 1962. Very private, very hush-hush.
Five days before the wedding date, on Saturday night, August 3, Marilyn died, a presumed suicide. (According to Cramer, no coroner’s inquest was held.) Marilyn Monroe’s funeral was August 8, 1962.
NewMexiKen posted an entry on the cause of Marilyn and Joe’s initial break up last January.
Of course, Bobby Kennedy was in Los Angeles at the time of Marilyn’s death, so maybe …