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52 years since the death of icon Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe remains the world's most famous star. She died on August 5, 1962, after taking an overdose of sedatives, at the age of 36. Since then, rumors and theories about what happened before and after her death have never gone away: was it suicide or an accident? Or have they killed him?

She was found dead in her bed on August 5, 1962, next to a table filled with medicine bottles. The autopsy came to the conclusion that her death was most likely a suicide, kp reports.

The mystery caused by her legend, as well as the 30 films she made in her 15-year career, or the famous men she married, Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, or her relationship with John and Robert Kennedy.

Marilyn Monroe's death appeared on the front pages of all magazines and newspapers. There was another person in the house that morning, a mysterious figure in many of Monroe's biographies: business manager Inez Melson, a woman who had been recommended by Joe DiMaggio.

Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles. Untimely death also put an end to her career.