Marilyn Monroe

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FILE - This Jan. 23, 2013 file photo shows the "Forever Marilyn" sculpture getting a shower from the Palm Springs Fire Department in Palm Springs, Calif. Palm Springs is singing “Goodbye, Norma Jean.” The city is throwing a send-off party Thursday March 27, 2014, for this massive statue of Marilyn Monroe that has become beloved by both tourists and locals in the two years it was on loan from The Sculpture Foundation.(AP Photo/The Desert Sun, Jay Calderon,File) RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE OUT; NO SALES; NO FOREIGN

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION President John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. 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 September 9, 1954. The former Norma Jean Baker modeled and starred in 28 movies grossing $200 million. Sensual and seductive, but with an air of innocence, Monroe became one of the world's most adored sex symbols. She died alone by suicide, at age 36 in her Hollywood bungalow. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman)

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MARILYN MONROE by Boris Chaliapin Gouache and watercolor with graphite pencil on illustration board 1956 Sight (Verified): 51.4 x 38.1 cm (20 1/4 x 15") Mat (Verified): 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22") Frame (Verified): 74.6 x 59.1 x 3.2 cm (29 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/4") Estate of Marilyn Monroe, c/o CMG Worldwide, Inc. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time Magazine NPG.88.TC144

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** FILE ** Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe smiles after arriving tousled from an overnight plane flight from Los Angeles to New York in this undated photo. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** In this June 2, unknown year, file photo, actress Marilyn Monroe smiles in a car after arriving tousled from an all-night plane flight from Hollywood to Idlewild Airport, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

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Marilyn Monroe ranked third last year on Forbes’ annual list of top deceased celebrity earners, generating $27 million and coming in behind only Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley. Her life and career as an actress have inspired book authors. Through the company handling her estate she has a presence on Facebook and Twitter. (Associated Press)

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Marilyn Monroe is shown in “The Seven Year Itch.” The bombshell actress continues to be a successful celebrity brand with a new digital emphasis to complement the wealth of photos, fashion, films and other cultural touchstones she left behind. (Associated Press)

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This photo of Marilyn Monroe by the late celebrity photographer Milton H. Greene is among hundreds he took of the late actress. Photos of Monroe and other celebrities will be auctioned in Warsaw. The collection is valued at $680,000. (Associated Press)

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This photo of Marilyn Monroe by the late celebrity photographer Milton H. Greene is among hundreds he took of the late actress. Photos of Monroe and other celebrities will be auctioned in Warsaw. The collection is valued at $680,000. (Associated Press)