Marilyn's Last Words

Her Secret Tapes and Mysterious Death

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by Matthew Smith

Type

Stories

Subject

Actress > Marilyn Monroe

Keywords

Marilyn Monroe

Publishing date

2004

Publisher

Carroll & Graf

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 328 pages
6 ½ x 9 ¼ inches (16.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-7867-1380-1
978-0-7867-1380-6

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Book Presentation:
Marilyn Monroe’s death in August 1962, apparently a suicide, shocked the world. The coroner’s report stated that her death was due to a massive overdose of Nembutal capsules. But what about the discrepancies between the official report and the eyewitness accounts and memories of the people who were there at the scene of her death—friends, her housekeeping staff, police officers, and doctors? And what about the forensic evidence that disappeared between the time of her death and the coroner’s report being issued? Looking back at thousands of documents, many never before published, and interviewing dozens of sources, Smith argues strongly for a startling new version of events, as he paints a portrait of her day-to-day world toward the end of her life. The case he makes so convincingly is based not only on the documents and on complete forensic evidence, but also on the secret, confidential tapes Monroe made for her psychiatrist in the days leading up to her death—tapes that reveal a woman in charge of her life and her fate, a woman looking forward to a busy, bright future. Here, in her own words from the transcripts of the tapes, are the most secret thoughts of Marilyn Monroe.

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