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Marilyn Monroe: Vintage Newspaper Front Pages and Articles from the Month She Died

September 5th, 2008 by Scott Marks

The exalted Prof. Herbert Ross, Esq. decided to put his rare collection of vintage MM newspapers up on eBay. Before they hit the electronic auction block, I took the time to scan these rare historical artifacts for your viewing pleasure. Eight of the papers are The New York Daily News (New York’s Picture Newspaper) and date between August 6 and August 18, 1962.  There is also the front page of The National Insider from April 28, 1963.

Not a big MM conspiracy theorist, I was fascinated by these tabloids, particularly the importance placed on a certain mysterious Mexican screenwriter named Jose Bolanos. (Looks like the illegitimate son of Ed Sullivan and Frank Sinatra.) At the time, Senor Bolanos was being sought as the last person to speak to Marilyn before she o.d.’d. Thank God that professional slimeball/Camelot wannabe/Rat Pack reject Peter Lawford stepped up to set the record straight.

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