Conspiracy Theories Behind Marilyn's Death Essay

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The conspiracy theories behind Marilyn's demise are many. No-one really knows the full truth simply because those directly involved won't talk about it (and anyway most have died by now). It is definitely a fact that there were people present in Marilyn's house on the day and morning of her death. On Saturday morning August 4, 1962, Marilyn was up early for breakfast(grapefruit) having not slept well for most of the night. Apparently she was in bad form complaining about her house guest's (her personal publicist, Pat Newcomb, who had spent the night, woke at 9 A.M.) ability to sleep well while she couldn't. "I had been able to sleep and Marilyn hadn't," said Newcomb in an interview. "When I came out looking refreshed, it made her furious." According to Marilyn's neighbours, a man matching the description of Bobby Kennedy arrived at Marilyn's that afternoon. Hollywood…show more content…
What had been going on in the hours in between? Police sergeant Jack Clemmons took the call. It was Dr. Ralph Greenson who was so agitated that Clemmons couldn't understand him. "Marilyn Monroe is dead," the psychiatrist said, "she just committed suicide." "Marilyn was lying face down in what I call the soldier's position," said Clemmons. "Her hands were by her side and her legs were stretched out perfectly straight. It was the most obviously staged death scene I have ever seen The pill bottles on her bedside table had been arranged in neat order and the body deliberately positioned. It all looked too tidy." Up to his death a few years back Clemmons had always suspected foul play concerning Marilyn. He never considered it a straightforward suicide. Another obvious fact in the case is the lack of pills in Marilyn's stomach (the autopsy brought this fact to light). Her stomach was empty - aside from the grapefruit she had had that morning. The only way she could have died was by an enema.

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