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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