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Marilyn Monroe's Crypt with a fresh red rose at Westwood Memorial Park on March 2, 2012. 2012 is the 50th anniversary of Monroe's death on 5th of August 1962. File photo credit: Sehenswerk via Shutterstock.

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Marilyn Monroe sings "Running Wild" in "Some Like It Hot," available in the 4K Ultra HD format from Kino Lorber.

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Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s, emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962. She continues to be considered a major popular culture icon. Monroe's troubled private life received much attention. She struggled with substance abuse, depression, and anxiety. She had two highly publicized marriages, to retired baseball star Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, both of which ended in divorce. On August 5, 1962, in the middle of filming ‘Something's Got to Give’ she died at age 36 from an overdose of barbiturates at her home in Los Angeles.

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Marilyn Monroe has held a variety of jobs, from making five cents a week in an Orphan home to a stock contract at a studio. She clicked as the sexy girl in "Asphalt Jungle", and the roles got better. She has been named to Miss Cheesecake of 1951 by stars and stripes, a service paper. The Hollywood icon earned $17 million last year, 52 years after her passing. (04/17/1951)(AP Photo)

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Marilyn Monroe 1926-1962 - the actress and sex symbol was married three times, rumored to have had numerous affairs and made as much as 30 films. The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for unreliability and being difficult to work with. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a 'probable suicide', the possibilities of an accidental overdose or a homicide have not been ruled out. She died at the age of 36. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Museum of Art, Bert Stern)

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**FILE** Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of New York subway grating while in character for the filming of "The Seven Year Itch" in Manhattan on Sept. 9, 1954. (Associated Press)

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MARILYN MONROE - Actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s. She is alleged to have had affairs with both President John Kennedy and brother Robert Kennedy.

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This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions, shows a baseball signed by Joe DiMaggio, and decorated on the other side in 1992 by sports artist LeRoy Neiman with a likeness of Marilyn Monroe. What makes the baseball rare is that DiMaggio, who was briefly married to Monroe, famously refused to sign anything related to her, the auction house said. It is from the collection of bank marketing executive, which will be offered in a Heritage Auctions online sale on May 16. (AP Photo/Heritage Auctions)

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Visitors look at a larger-than-life sculpture of Marilyn Monroe at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J., Sunday, May 4, 2014. The 26-foot-tall "Forever Marilyn" created by 84-year-old sculptor Seward Johnson went on display Sunday at the 24-acre park just outside the state capital of Trenton. The exhibit will remain open to the public through Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Johanna Bianchi, of Freehold, N.J., takes a photo of herself with a larger-than-life sculpture of Marilyn Monroe at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J., Sunday, May 4, 2014. The 26-foot-tall "Forever Marilyn" created by 84-year-old sculptor Seward Johnson went on display Sunday at the 24-acre park just outside the state capital of Trenton. The exhibit will remain open to the public through Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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A man takes a photo of a larger-than-life sculpture of Marilyn Monroe at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J., Sunday, May 4, 2014. The 26-foot-tall "Forever Marilyn" created by 84-year-old sculptor Seward Johnson went on display Sunday at the 24-acre park just outside the state capital of Trenton. The exhibit will remain open to the public through Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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People have their photos taken with a larger-than-life sculpture of Marilyn Monroe at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J., Sunday, May 4, 2014. The 26-foot-tall "Forever Marilyn" created by 84-year-old sculptor Seward Johnson went on display Sunday at the 24-acre park just outside the state capital of Trenton. The exhibit will remain open to the public through Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery shows a portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Willem de Kooning, part of an exhibit at the museum in Washington: “Face Value: Portraiture in the Age of Abstraction.” The new exhibit explores how Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Elaine de Kooning and other artists pushed the boundaries of portraiture in the mid-20th century. (AP Photo/Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery)