On Aug. 5, 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; Her death was ruled a probable suicide from "acute barbiturate poisoning."

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MM is far and away the #1 sex symbol and beauty of all time. Even if someone is prettier they still don't measure up. I mean, she is just perfection in her iconic performance

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and she was a competent singer on top of being a beauty among beauties. I like this performance too

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they just don't make them like MM anymore and didn't really before either. She is among the handful of stars that will never be forgotten. (Monroe, Garland, Bogart, Dean, Chaplin) Those five I think are the biggest stars of all time.

I might disagree with Chaplin, I think he has been relatively forgotten.

Marilyn was and is a fascinating woman but I have to admit I get tired of everyone getting in a tizzy if there's a 2 second film reel of her smoking a joint, or some supposed sex tape, etc.