Marilyn Monroe and John Kennedy were introduced by the son-in-law of the future 35th president, actor Peter Lawford. Having married John's sister, Patricia, this clever Englishman became a member of one of the richest and most influential clans in America and went out of his way to become one of Kennedy's. Having very modest capabilities, Peter did what he knew best - he was responsible for the clan’s connections with show business, and at the same time supplied Hollywood actresses for John’s amorous pleasures. In the summer of 1954, Lawford threw a party in honor of Massachusetts Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his young wife Jacqueline. A pleasant surprise, promised the day before, awaited John there.

The surprise was none other than Marilyn Monroe. The beautiful blonde, who became famous after the film “Niagara,” already drove half the male population of the United States crazy. John Kennedy couldn't resist either. He literally devoured the actress with his eyes, not paying attention to the embarrassed Jacqueline and the indignant glances of Marilyn’s husband, the famous former baseball player Joe DiMaggio.

Forgetting decency, John recklessly courted his new acquaintance, every now and then refilling her with her favorite Piper Heid-sieck champagne, peppering her with witticisms and lavishing compliments. Such a frantic interest from the senator flattered Marilyn’s pride. She felt at the top of her life, laughed constantly and flirted mercilessly. Desire bubbled and foamed in the glasses of champagne. Passion captured them more and more, leaving less and less room for prudence...

But then DiMaggio intervened. He felt that the evening was going too lively and tried to take his wife home. However, Marilyn resisted in every possible way and managed to bring her husband into a state close to insanity. An ugly scandal occurred. According to witnesses, DiMaggio grabbed the actress by the arms, “caused her physical pain” and made insidious remarks about the party organizer and the riotous senator, the slightest of which contained a hint of an unnatural relationship with Peter Lawford. The scandal was somehow hushed up, and the angry baseball player went home alone. And Marilyn, as if nothing had happened, remained to enjoy the company of her newfound admirer from Massachusetts...

Soul mates

This quarrel destroyed Monroe's already fragile marriage with DiMaggio. Joe was a simple and honest guy and in no way suited the Hollywood actress who thirsted for fame and high-society entertainment. A short time later they divorced, and Marilyn recklessly and enthusiastically gave herself up to a new passion - John Kennedy. She didn't think about the future, she wanted only one thing: to be close to John. Nevertheless, Marilyn still understood that her lover was in public view, that he was married and the like. In order not to harm the senator's career, she agreed to meet with him secretly. Most often they retired to the villa of the cunning Lawford in Santa Monica. Peter turned his house into a real brothel, where there were mirrored bedrooms, boudoirs with secret windows and other things designed to awaken the fantasies of the womanizing Kennedy brothers. Almost all the famous beauties of that time visited the villa. Lawford even tried to drag there the already elderly, but who had not lost her charm, Marlene Dietrich, about whom John Kennedy then dreamed. The German diva called Peter a “high-society pimp” and flatly refused, plunging John, who had never before been refused, into extreme bewilderment and melancholy. However, this did not last long...

Here it should be noted that, indulging in the effeminacy of their morals, Marilyn and John imperceptibly became so attached to each other that they found it difficult to part even for a short time. Both of them had a romantic nature, and such a nature is characterized by sincerity, which had so little to do with the surrounding world. With Marilyn, John did not have to be hypocritical or deceitful; with her he could be himself, trust her with his deepest secrets. With her, he even forgot about the back pain that had constantly tormented him since his youth. Soon John was surprised to find that he needed this woman.

When Kennedy became the Democratic presidential candidate, he asked Marilyn to take part in the campaign. And she happily agreed, despite the fact that she was bound by contracts with film studios. Constantly disrupting filming schedules and risking thousands of fines, Marilyn followed John from city to city, from state to state, cheering him on during speeches, acting as a secretary and recruiting Kennedy supporters.

It was then that the actress began keeping a diary, where, among other things, she recorded conversations with Kennedy. Subsequently, this leather-bound booklet would play a fatal role in Monroe’s fate. Perhaps it was then that the idea of ​​becoming the first lady of the United States firmly sank into Marilyn’s blond head. She had no doubt that she could rise to John's level, studied social manners, and diligently read political and economic literature. After all, why shouldn’t she, the “Hollywood Cinderella,” get a fairy-tale prince as her husband? After all, in her invented illusory world, in which Marilyn was accustomed to living since childhood, she always achieved what she wanted.

Hollywood Cinderella

Marilyn (real name Norma Jeane Mortenson) was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles. She did not know her father: Martin Mortenson rode off on a motorcycle somewhere in a southern direction, leaving the pregnant Gladys Baker to the mercy of fate. Cheerful Gladys was not upset for a long time and gave the two-week-old baby to foster parents to raise. An elderly couple agreed to take Norma in order to somehow survive on child benefits during the hungry years of the Great Depression. Gladys visited her daughter occasionally, treated her to ice cream and talked about the film studio where she worked as an editor.

Eight years later, the mother’s maternal feelings suddenly awakened, and she took her daughter to her place. A year later, Gladys found herself in a mental hospital, from which she never left until her death. Mother's work friend Grace Atkinson Mackey took care of little Norma. It was she who infected the girl with cinema and assured the dreamy Norma that she would become a famous movie star. Since then, illusions became the only refuge where she escaped from the abominations of a poor existence.

Life, alas, did not spoil Norma Jeane: she had to wander around orphanages, live with different people who treated the girl with indifference at best, endure several attempts at rape... A terrible childhood. But youth was no better. To get rid of the extra mouth, the 16-year-old girl was married off. Early marriage, as one might expect, did not lead to anything good. Twenty-year-old James Dougherty worked in a funeral home as a junior clerk and barely made a living himself. In addition, he was a rather cantankerous fellow and liked to drink.

After a year of continuous quarrels, James hired himself as a sailor on a steamship and sailed away. Left alone, Norma went to work at an aircraft factory. But she did not abandon her childhood dream of becoming a film actress. Deciding to become famous at all costs, the girl posed for cheap soldier magazines for five dollars an hour. The poses that photographers sometimes forced young Norma to take were very frivolous. They explained to her that this was necessary to raise morale, and she endured it. Norma tried herself both as a fashion model and a dancer in a night strip club... Finally, she got lucky. One of the producers of the XX Century-Fox film studio accidentally saw her photographs and invited the girl to work as an extra, promising to pay $125 a week.

For several years in a row, Norma, who took the pseudonym Marilyn Monroe, played tiny cameo roles. But her naturally beautiful appearance, which surprisingly combined the charm of an angel with the seductiveness of an experienced temptress, did not go unnoticed by the public and critics. Her performance in the film “The Asphalt Jungle” was especially successful. After this cameo role, the studio signed a seven-year contract with Marilyn, promising her leading roles. And in 1953, the film “Niagara” was released, making Monroe a star and sex symbol in America. Grace Atkinson McKee's prophecy has come true...

Rivals

In 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the 35th President of the United States. Of course, he forgot to think about divorcing Jacqueline. However, he also had no intention of parting with Marilyn. Their relationship experienced an unprecedented rise. The most famous blonde in the world was secretly escorted more than once to a villa in Santa Monica, to Kennedy's apartment at the Carlyle Hotel in New York, or aboard US Air Force No. 1 military aircraft. Taking precautions, Marilyn tried to change her appearance. Most often, she dressed to look like Jacqueline Kennedy: a black wig, a formal suit with the obligatory pearl beads and dark glasses. Perhaps Marilyn copied the president’s wife for reasons of secrecy, or perhaps she wanted to prove to John that she was no worse than his wife and could cope well with the role of the first lady. She did not give up the idea of ​​taking Jacqueline’s place, which, as Marilyn sincerely believed, belonged to her by right of love.

Monroe did not miss the opportunity to prick her opponent sensitively, and used any means to do this. Some of them, even with great leniency, cannot be considered harmless. For example, Marilyn deliberately “forgot” items of her toilette in Kennedy’s bedroom – most often it was underwear. Having discovered it, Jacqueline reacted in accordance with her noble upbringing: she busily tried on the underwear and, as if by the way, asked John: “Do you know whose this is? It seems like it’s not mine...” In response, Kennedy smiled that disarming childish smile that always helped him get out of difficult situations. It was she who allowed him to defeat Richard Nixon in the pre-election television debates. Not knowing how to answer his opponent's tricky question, Kennedy simply smiled, and most American women gave him their votes.

Marilyn also acted in another way. She regularly called the White House, asked to call Jacqueline to the phone and demanded that she quickly take her things and children and leave, giving way to her, the real chosen one of the president. These calls drove Mrs. Kennedy into a frenzy. One day she could not stand it and told her husband about everything, announcing that she agreed to a divorce if John married a Hollywood actress and began to live openly with her. An outburst of the highest anger followed and a promise to end all contact with Monroe. But fulfilling the promise was not so easy. Passion, like a powerful magnet, attracted Kennedy to the actress. Just as it is impossible for a person to overcome gravity without the help of a rocket, it was impossible to overcome this passion without the help of another person. And only Monroe could be such a person! And she, unwittingly, helped the president.

"Let me love or let me die"

By the time of the events described, the idea of ​​becoming John Kennedy's wife had turned into a manic idea for Marilyn. Some biographers of the actress believe that this transformation was greatly facilitated by Monroe's bad heredity. Whether this is true or not is unknown for sure. Another thing is known - Marilyn’s desire to fill Kennedy’s life to capacity became too noticeable to those around her. This could compromise the president. In addition, Marilyn already began to have serious problems with drugs and alcohol. Being drunk, she could blab about things that should never be made public. Confidants persistently advised Kennedy, who was about to run for a second term, to break off the dangerous relationship.

Finally, Kennedy realized this himself. And although their dates were as passionate as before, meetings became increasingly rare, and soon stopped altogether. Marilyn was in despair: she called the White House almost every day and bombarded John with pathetic letters. She couldn't understand what had happened. But they did not connect her with the president, and the letters remained unanswered.

On the eve of John’s birthday, Marilyn, with great difficulty, managed to give a White House employee a gift for the president: a gold Rolex watch with the engraved inscription “To John with love from Marilyn.” On the gold watch box there was another inscription, leaving no doubt about the true feelings of the donor: Marilyn asked John to let her love him or die. Shocked by such a frank gift, Kennedy ordered the employee to immediately get rid of the watch. But, praise the Creator, it happened in America, where mostly people of a practical nature live. The employee realized perfectly well how much this watch would cost in the near future, and did not carry out the president’s order, but kept the watch for himself.

“Happy Birthday, Mr. President!”

Apparently, Marilyn had special hopes for this gift. But she never received an answer. And then the unfortunate woman, who had lost her head, decided on a very daring act. On May 19, 1962, the American elite celebrated the president’s 45th birthday at Madison Square Garden. The gala was intended to replenish the Democratic Party's coffers, devastated by the 1960 election campaign. More than 15 thousand guests gathered, paying from one hundred to a thousand dollars per ticket. A-list stars were invited to participate in the program: Ella Fitzgerald, Maria Callas, Harry Belafonte and, of course, Marilyn Monroe. The well-known Peter Lawford acted as compere. Jacqueline Kennedy was absent.

Marilyn ordered a dress for this evening from Jean Louis, who created the famous concert outfit for Marlene Dietrich. Monroe wanted to remind the President of the woman he was once very infatuated with. The dress was a transparent, tight-fitting piece of material, studded with sequins and a luxurious ermine jacket. There was no underwear under the dress. Staggering with excitement, as it seemed to many at the time, Marilyn walked up to the microphone.

She thought for a moment, then decisively threw off her jacket and, turning to the smiling Kennedy, sang “Happy Birthday, Mister President!” She sang in such a way that those present felt uneasy: in those days in America it was not customary to express one’s feelings so openly, and moreover, publicly.

Now no one had any doubt that the rumors about the president’s love affair with Monroe had real basis.

Kennedy was simply infuriated by this drunken stunt. He was the only one who noticed that Marilyn was not staggering from excitement. The actress actually drank a fair amount of whiskey before going out for courage: she understood what kind of reaction her performance would cause.

John believed that Marilyn, having decided to openly declare her love, had crossed the line of what was permitted. By order of the President, Monroe was immediately taken to Lawford's villa in California. Following her, John’s brother Robert Kennedy flew there to explain to the presumptuous actress the rules of the game...

At the villa, the showdown ended in an ugly quarrel. An enraged Marilyn screamed at Robert that John had used her and then thrown her away like old socks, that she would hold a press conference and tell the whole world how the President had treated her and much more in the same spirit. At the same time, she brandished that same ill-fated diary and threatened to publish it...

On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bedroom.

Famous American journalists Jay Margolis and Richard Baskin, specializing in investigative journalism, claim to have solved one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century - the death of Marilyn Monroe. They write in their new book, “The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed,” that the most famous blonde did not commit suicide. She was killed. Marilyn was “ordered” by US Attorney General Robert Kennedy. The story of the movie star has become a classic example of a hackneyed, but in this case true cliche: she knew too much. According to Peter Lawford, a relative of the Kennedy brothers, John and Robert “passed” it to each other like a football. As a result of affairs with the most famous brothers in America, she learned many secrets. When the Kennedy brothers got fed up with Marilyn and asked her not to call again, she threatened to tell everything and thereby signed her own death warrant. Bobby Kennedy ordered her to receive a lethal injection so that she would not tell the truth about her affairs with him and her older brother, US President John F. Kennedy.

Naturally, RFK did not act alone. His accomplices were actor Peter Lawford, the husband of sister Jackie, the first lady of America, and an indispensable participant in the love affairs of the Kennedy brothers, and Doctor Monroe - Ralph Greenson, who gave her a lethal injection of pentobarbital (Nembutal) in the heart on August 4, 1962. By that time, she was unconscious after an enema with several dozen tablets of the same pentobarbital and chloral hydrate, which RFK did with his bodyguards.

Bobby Kennedy began an affair with Marilyn Monroe in the summer of 1962, when his brother sent him to Los Angeles to persuade the movie star to stop calling the White House. DFK had no intention of divorcing Jackie and marrying her.

Bobby could not resist Marilyn's charms and became her lover. The novel developed rapidly. Monroe was crazy about RFK, who promised to divorce Ethel and marry her. Now she constantly called the Ministry of Justice and demanded to connect her with the Prosecutor General.

Alas, the middle brother turned out to be no better than the older one. When it became clear that he would not keep his word and would not make her Mrs. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe flew into a rage and threatened to hold a press conference and tell everything about the personal life of representatives of the most famous family in America. It turned out that she kept a red diary in which she wrote down everything she learned from her brothers.

Marilyn refused to give up the diary and threatened to tell everything. Robert Kennedy understood that her press conference would be the political death of him and John, and therefore decided to shut her up. Moreover, do this forever. He panicked and decided to deal with the movie star with the help of her own doctor, with whom she, by the way, also slept.

The Los Angeles police and the FBI, of course, knew about everything, but they also did not reveal the truth. J. Edgar Hoover needed dirt on the Kennedy brothers to secure his position as FBI director.

In the summer of 1954, actor Peter Lawford set up his agent in his house
Charles Feldman party in honor of the young ambitious senator from
Massachusetts State John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his wife Jackie. Since then
Since Lawford married Patricia Kennedy, John's sister, he became
a member of the rich and influential Kennedy clan, in which he, however, is not
I always felt quite comfortable.
However, quite a bit has passed
time, and Peter became for Senator Kennedy - for those close to him, simply Jack -
a completely irreplaceable person. From time to time Lawford introduced
this incorrigible red tape with new women and arranged for him
love dates. Lawford did his best to attend the party.
Feldman, along with John Kennedy, also invited Marilyn Monroe.
At that time, Marilyn was still married to an American baseball star
Joe DiMaggio. However, their marriage has already cracked, including because
Joe was that typical simple and honest guy who could never
fall in love with Hollywood and its social life. And now he had to
why not drag him to this party, where he finally left
himself, noticing with what insistence Kennedy was looking at his wife.
Marilyn would later say: “He never took his eyes off me for a second, and
at some point I even felt embarrassed." Some of those present
they remember that the couple quarreled. “That’s it, I’ve had enough!” shouted Dee
Maggio. “Let’s get out of here.” He grabbed the struggling Marilyn by the
hand and dragged him to the exit. Tired of arguing, he left alone, and Kennedy
continued to admire Marilyn.
A few days later, the phone rang at DiMaggio's house.
Joe picked up the phone: “I’m listening.” There was silence on the other end of the line, and he
I hung up the phone in anger. Later, during one of their first secret meetings,
John will tell her: "You should warn me so that I can call, not
at the risk of hitting your husband."
Until the beginning of 1955 and even after the divorce from DiMaggio Marilyn
did not tell anyone about her relationship with Kennedy, nor about her constant
trips to New York. Loving Kennedy and being reciprocated meant
share one beautiful secret with him. And what kind of woman - including
Marilyn - never dreamed of sharing everything with one of the most seductive
men of the United States? When Kennedy had back surgery,
caused by a serious injury he received in the war, no one
It was surprising that his room was decorated with a giant poster depicting
Marilyn stretched out in the splits in very elegant shorts.
Throughout the 50s, Marilyn did not stop her intimate
communication with Kennedy. Even her wedding to writer Arthur Miller in 1956
year had virtually no effect on her relationship with “Jack.” In January I960
year when Kennedy announced his candidacy for the White House.
Marilyn joined the actors and actresses involved in his
election campaign and who made personal monetary contributions to it. She
looked tired, nervous and endlessly sad: after the unexpected
After a miscarriage, she learned from doctors that she would never be able to have children.
Preparing for a new film written by Arthur Miller and directed by
which was John Huston, clashes with Clark Gable - all this
depressed her and pushed her towards alcohol, tranquilizers and stimulants.
However, Kennedy did not leave her life, and Marilyn continued to follow
him from a ranch in Connecticut to an apartment in New York or a room
hotel where the presidential candidate set up his headquarters. What
did he promise her? Maybe he took advantage of her naivety, her simple-minded
willingness to always believe in a fairy tale? Nothing like this. Marilyn in kind
there was a lot that was attractive. With her there is no hypocrisy, no tricks.
With her he could relax, be himself, he could trust her with the most
hidden secrets. It was during this period that Marilyn's path became
meet very unusual personalities. Frank Sinatra, friend of the clan and
godfather of the mafia; Sam Mooney Giancana, whom the great singer introduced into
Kennedy circle and who openly exercised the power to depose politicians
"from princes to rags"; Judith Cambell, one of the main figures in
surrounded by Kennedy, who also belonged to the environment of Giancana and Sinatra. On
second day after the opening of the Democratic National Convention, July 13, 1960
year, John Kennedy, as always accompanied by Judith Cambell (Jackie
Kennedy was forced to stay home due to complications during the second
pregnancy), invited Marilyn Monroe and several other close people
dinner in his room at the Beverly Hills Hotel. But first Marilyn and
The Kennedys retired. "Jack was very democratic (a reference to political
belonging to the future president) and insightful,” admitted
Marilyn to Peter Lawford. “Kennedy was out of his mind,” quips
Lina Pepitone, who served the star for some time. - Marilyn
admitted to me that he was constantly stroking her thighs and pinching her waist. In that
evening, as she said, his hand crossed the forbidden line and found itself
deep under her skirt. But, discovering that she was not wearing panties, he
He became terribly embarrassed, blushed and pulled his hand away. She's just loud
laughed."
Peter Lawford was also present at this scene. Kennedy's son-in-law
felt sincere friendship for Marilyn, but was afraid that the young
actress, very unbalanced and always ready to pour champagne and
tranquilizers your despair and your love failures could damage
a man who has every chance of becoming president of the United States. Why else would Marilyn
studied political literature with such zeal, if not in order to
prepare yourself to be the future First Lady of the United States?
Kennedy did not take into account the spiritual fragility of the most beautiful
women in the world. Having become president in November 1960, he thought
stopped talking about divorce. However, he continued to trail skirts and often
asked Lawford to give him his house for short love affairs
dates. With Marilyn it was different. I watched her every move eagerly
press, and the notes about her were full of sarcasm. Her stay in
Manhattan psychiatric hospital became a state matter
importance. It added to the already impressive volume of the dossier maintained by
on her by J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the FBI, a man who swore to himself
crush John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his brother Robert (the new minister
justice), as well as bring the country to racial, social and spiritual
reform. But what is Kennedy's moral character worth? This question is Lawford
didn’t ask himself, and when the president ordered him to find Marilyn, he
found. The task was not easy: first it was necessary to wake up the actress,
sleeping in her new apartment in the Brentwood neighborhood on the outskirts
Los Angeles. Her sister-nurse Eunice Murray also lived there with her.
assigned to Marilyn by her psychiatrist, Dr. Greenson. For an actress
this apartment was her refuge, her nest, a place where she could
seclude yourself with Kennedy. Lawford knocked on the door of the room for a long time. Finally everything
still sleepy, Marilyn appeared. "Hurry up!" - shouted irritated
Peter. After much preparation, the radiant Marilyn reappeared at the door, her
her beautiful platinum hair was tucked under a voluminous black wig.
Kennedy was visiting actor and singer Bing in Palm Springs at the time.
Crosby. A few kilometers from there, Frank Sinatra was ripping and throwing,
to whom Kennedy was supposed to come, but at the last minute suddenly
changed his mind and stopped at Crosby's. Sinatra, enlisted by the Mafia
and invested millions of dollars in the election campaign of someone he considered
his friend, never forgave John for this betrayal. At Crosby's
many influential Democratic politicians gathered, but the only thing
What Kennedy wanted was to relax and have fun. Lawyer tells
Philip Weston: “I immediately noticed that the guests were divided into two groups:
some gathered near the pool, others, there were fewer of them, in
cottage prepared for the president. Marilyn was here, and everything about
they knew this. What struck me was that no measures had been taken to
keep her incognito. This masquerade with the wig was just childish.
Kennedy seemed completely relaxed. He was wearing a light sweater with
with a turtleneck collar, and she was wearing something like a tunic. Marilyn
looked a little strange. Together they gave the impression of two
conspirators. They spent that night together."
Jeannette Carmen, a relative of the actress, claims that "Marilyn
never stopped believing that she could rise to John's level
Kennedy both physically and mentally. She hoped
to become a real lady, of whom he would not be ashamed."

Despite warnings from advisers and pressure from politicians, Kennedy
didn't break up with Monroe. How could he refuse this wonderful creature,
which worried him like a man, greedily caught his every word and
eased the burden of his difficult responsibilities? In the summer of 1962, the name Marilyn
appeared on the list of guests for the gala dinner in honor of Kennedy,
hosted by Fiji Bell, one of the High Life characters
New York. Dinner was scheduled for 7 p.m. But now it’s already 20, 20.30, and
Marilyn still doesn't show up. Finally, at 21, someone goes to her
home. She is in her room at the dressing table. She's only wearing shoes
stiletto heels. "My God, Marilyn! What are you doing? The President is already exhausted
waiting for you." Marilyn lowers her head, sighs and wipes away a tear. "What
Should I wear it?" Taking a dozen outfits out of the closet and wincing, she
squeezes into a tight-fitting dress like a bullfighter's suit, puts on a wig,
this time pink, and dark glasses. 22 hours. "I'm ready". Fifty people
photographers guard the approaches to Fiji Bell's house in the hope of photographing
some celebrity.
In the elevator, Marilyn took off her wig and glasses and, beaming, walked towards Kennedy,
who greeted her with a joyful: “Hello!” Among so many people
they felt like accomplices in a confrontation. The atmosphere in this
the luxurious hall was tense. Guests have long been tired of snacks and
Martini. The gourmet dinner prepared for the President was
inedible...
At John F. Kennedy's 45th birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden
in New York, Marilyn was supposed to appear on the elephant emblem
Democratic Party - and sing "Happy birthday to You, Mr. President!"
(“Happy birthday, Mr. President!”). She should have been wearing a dress
from Jean-Lewis, repeating the outfit of Marlene Dietrich. Peter Lawford.
who played the role of master of ceremonies, called Marilyn onto the stage. Once...
second. No one. He tried again, this time with irritation: “And now,
Ladies and gentlemen, Marilyn Monroe has left us." This is a terrible joke.
(built on the double meaning of the English word late, which can
mean “late” or “left us”, dead) forced
Marilyn come out of her dressing room... Then, despite all the excuses
Marilyn, Lawford sent Robert Kennedy to her. Young Minister of Justice
and the father of seven children remained with her for about a quarter of an hour. Of course he
encouraged the actress, saying that the president was pleased, but perhaps
he had other reasons for staying with her... "Robert Kennedy
as if he had gone mad, ran around her with his eyes wide open, as if
hypnotized by her provocative dress,” says one
those present. (After this incident in Madison Square Garden, as he wrote
historian Arthur Schlesinger, Marilyn and Robert met several times.
What attracted him to her? Perhaps the mystery of a man balancing
between despair and the desire to seduce.)
Nevertheless, she retires to John for a few hours. Marilyn still
I didn’t know that I was seeing him for the last time. June 1962 became for her
a month of defeats. She was kicked out of the film directed by George Cukor
"Something Got to Give", which, however, never happened
completed. She became increasingly dependent on alcohol and pills.
And finally she noticed that John was avoiding her. He stopped answering her
letters and phone calls. She became a burden to a man who
expected to be re-elected for a second term. What she thought
true love, was for him only an adventure that flattered him
male pride.
Once again she was bitterly convinced that she would never be loved, but
will forever remain only an object of desire. However, he showed up again
and invited her to one private party. But when Marilyn found out that
Two famous “call girls” were invited there, but she refused to come.
Robert Kennedy began to appear at her house more and more often. "When I came to
Marilyn, says Jeannette Carmen, almost always opened the door
Bobby. I was amazed by Marilyn's notebooks. She wrote something about
Fidel Castro, on Jimmy Hoffa (corrupt union leader
truck drivers, killed in 1975) and other interesting personalities.
Marilyn eavesdropped on Bobby's phone conversations and then recorded them. -
“These are just sloppy sketches,” she told me, “perhaps
someday I'll get my notes in order." She never threw out
their heads with grandiose plans, and it scared me."
Meanwhile, FBI agents have already gotten down to business. Marilyn's phone steel
listen. July 24 late evening in the Oval Room of the White House
four people gathered: the president, his brother and two FBI representatives.
Does Mr. President know actress Marilyn Monroe? Kennedy
hesitated. Does Mr. President know anything about the autobiography,
which actress is going to post? Marilyn should have
dictate the text of your autobiography to a third party who has already
informed the FBI about this intention of the actress. Is it known to Mr.
President that Miss Monroe intends to make a film about the "progress" of
autobiography? Shouldn't this project be stopped immediately? The president
gave his consent, while, according to one of the agents, he whispered:
"God bless her." After the FBI people left, John and Robert before 6
In the morning we talked face to face. They were stunned and depressed. On
the very next day after this dramatic night Robert stopped his
"visits" to Marilyn's house.
"Marilyn's phone was tapped," says Miki Song, the family's
Kennedy's hairdresser. - She told me about it herself." - "I myself
installed a special system to record our conversations with
Bobby!” she admitted to me.
The Kennedy brothers used it. Now they wanted to get rid of her.
But Marilyn still had the strength to fight, and she was going to
demonstrate. “Everything she had,” continues Jeannette Carmen, “
These are tapes and notebooks with recordings. Having persuaded Pat Lawford,
Peter Lawford's wife, stand up for her with Bobby, she finally
"I became firm in my decision to hand over my brothers."
A week before her death, Marilyn visited the hotel complex
Cal Nevada on the shores of Lake Tahoe, owned by Frank Sinatra and
"Godfather" Sam Giancana. Marilyn got drunk, cried and was angry at
Kennedy brothers, to whom, in her words, “she was only flesh.”
Giancana, a gangster with a "gang of two hundred thugs" to whom Marilyn
offered her services for one night, triumphed, through her he could
get to the president and remind him of your unchanging
devotion. Was he going to kill Marilyn and thereby compromise
Robert Kennedy, who was soon to go from there to
California? Four of his men constantly watched her apartment in
Los Angeles, which was also looked after by Peter Lawford and one
private detective. “Bobby Kennedy was not in California,” the actor assures.
“And I didn’t spy on Marilyn’s house.” However, the Los Angeles mayor and chief
police deny his words: "Bobby Kennedy was at the hotel
"Beverly Hills". You can give your head that he met with
Marilyn, and Lawford did everything possible so that he, as quickly as possible,
left Los Angeles. Kennedy's overzealous son-in-law's final hours
Marilyn's life was a real nightmare. Marilyn's constant calls, panic
on Bobby's part, the order - for what purpose? - so that the helicopter is ready at
fly out of Los Angeles airport at any time.
On August 5, 1962, at 11 o'clock in the afternoon, Peter Lawford had already locked himself in his
apartment. He was drunk. Perhaps because he already knew about death
Marilyn? Or maybe he was tormented by remorse that he had destroyed everything
evidence against Kennedy in Marilyn's house? Wasn't he the one who took the suicide note?
actress, in which she explained the reasons for her death, compromising
Kennedy brothers? According to the official version, the actress died
due to suicide. It took almost twenty years to
restore all the facts and put forward a new, more plausible version
what happened. At the time of the tragedy, Marilyn was not in her room, but
lay on the sofa in the living room. To photographs of a corpse on a rumpled bed,
Peter Lawford certainly had a hand. When Eunice Murray said that
discovered Marilyn in her bed, she was either mistaken or lying.
James Hall, the driver of the ambulance that arrived at
call: “When we arrived, she was still alive, but in a coma. We
with my colleague they put her on the floor to give her artificial
breath. We made an awkward move and she fell on her side, while
a bruise appeared on her thigh - a sign that she was still alive. Then with
shouting: “I am a doctor!” - Dr. Greenson, the psychiatrist, came running. He was impudent and
He's a braggart and I didn't like him. He took a syringe out of his suitcase and
Marilyn injection in the chest. She sighed once, and nothing more.
It was all over. She died. For a long time I thought that Greenson injected her
a dose of adrenaline, but now I know for sure that there was poison in that syringe.”
Dr Greenson's son Daniel Greenson maintains his innocence
father: “My father simply declared her dead.” Pat Newcomb
Marilyn's press secretary, who witnessed her agony, brothers
Kennedy was asked to take a long leave. In 1966, prosecutor Frank
Hogan illegally confiscated Marilyn's tape recordings and placed them in
safe. Someone who had the opportunity to listen to these tapes confirms that
that on the night of the actress’s death, Robert Kennedy was with her.
Marilyn's funeral took place on August 6. Joe DiMaggio banned Lawford
and his family to appear at the funeral service. Lawford himself died in 1983.
haunted by constant nightmares about the blond star and consumed
alcohol. Until the very end, he denied his involvement in Marilyn's case.
One evening, several months after the actress's death,
hairdresser Miki Song was invited to one party, where, among others,
Robert Kennedy and his wife Ethel were also guests. "You know who I should
is missing now?” asked Song. “Who?” “Marilyn Monroe,”
he answered with sadness in his voice. An oppressive silence hung over the active
the faces of this drama, which will forever remain in the memory of those who
holds the key to unraveling her fatal secret.

Marilyn was found dead on the night of August 4–5, 1962. More than half a century has passed since Monroe's death, but her death still remains a mystery to many. It is known that the star was in a neurotic state and used sedatives and stimulants. Both of these factors justify the version of suicide. But still, many are sure that there has been a secret hidden behind Monroe’s death for many years.

Marilyn Monroe was killed by order of the CIA

One theory claims that Monroe was killed by her close connection with the Kennedy family. The actress was “ordered” by the CIA to take revenge on President John Kennedy for the failed invasion of Cuba. But why Monroe? In 2003, Matthew Smith, in his book “Victim: The Secret Tapes of Marilyn Monroe,” writes that the CIA knew about the actress’s affair with both Kennedy brothers. By killing her, the authorities wanted to put pressure on the president and his family. In 2015, Smith's theory was fueled by the confessions of a retired CIA officer, who admitted on his deathbed that it was he who killed Monroe. However, it was later revealed that the officer's confession was nothing more than a hoax, courtesy of a fake news site.

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Marilyn Monroe was killed by Robert Kennedy

One of the first versions that arose after Marilyn's death says that President Kennedy's younger brother Robert himself killed the artist because he was afraid that she would tell about their affair and his political career would go downhill. The same version was voiced by Frank Capell in 1962 in his book The Strange Death of Marilyn Monroe. Capella’s version did not receive much support, and passions subsided. But in 1973, writer Norman Mailer “added fuel to the fire” by releasing another biography of Marilyn, where he claimed that the actress was killed by her lover, Senator Robert Kennedy. Mailer did not have convincing evidence, but the loud advertising worked - the book sold in huge numbers. Two years later, another follower of this theory, journalist Anthony Scaduto, wrote an article. Drawing on several sources at once, he explained why Kennedy killed Monroe. In his opinion, the actress knew too many political secrets and wrote down information in her secret diary.

Marilyn Monroe was killed by Robert Kennedy, but he did not act alone

Another theory was put forward by yellow journalist Anthony Summers, who wrote the book Goddess in 1985. The secrets of the life and death of Marilyn Monroe." The author claims that Robert Kennedy encouraged Marilyn's bad habits. Moreover, the politician personally took care of the last, fatal dose of sleeping pills. According to Summers, the president was afraid that Marilyn would tell about their affair, and therefore, together with his son-in-law Peter Lawford, he organized an overdose. The author also claims that J. Edgar Hoover, who served as director of the FBI, helped frame everything as a suicide.

Summers' theory is supported by the words of Monroe's housekeeper, Eunice Murray, who was the first to discover the actress's body. In an interview with a journalist, Murray admitted: “Oh, why do I have to keep covering this up? Well, of course Bobby Kennedy was there, and of course they had an affair."

Marilyn was accidentally killed by her own doctors

Another book about the life and death of Marilyn Monroe was written by Donald Spoto in 1993. According to the author, Monroe lied to doctors about her treatment, as a result of which she was prescribed the wrong dose of medication. With the help of that same housekeeper, Eunice Murray, Marilyn's death was framed as a suicide. Despite police reports and the housekeeper's statements, Spoto's version was not supported and was rejected.

Marilyn Monroe was killed because she knew too much about UFOs

One of the craziest versions of Marilyn Monroe's death was put forward by extraterrestrial conspiracy theorist Dr. Steven Greer. He claims that Monroe knew too much about... UFOs. In his film Unacknowledged, Greer stated that Marilyn was planning to leak top-secret information about the 1947 Roswell Incident (the alleged crash of an unidentified flying object near the city of Roswell in New Mexico, USA). To stop the leak of classified information, a CIA officer got rid of a dangerous blonde by faking suicide.

Marilyn Monroe was killed by the mafia

In 1982, private detective Milo Speriglio came up with a stunning theory: Monroe had been murdered by union leader Jimmy Hoffa and Chicago Mob boss Sam Giancana. Sperillo explains his theory in detail in the book “The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed.” Despite questionable evidence, the detective's book led to the reopening of the case into Marilyn's death. However, after a new investigation, the Los Angeles district attorney closed the case: Sperillo’s theory was not confirmed.

Society will never know the whole truth about the relationship between the 35th President of the United States and the sex symbol of the last century, Marilyn Monroe; Is it possible to confidently call the relationship between John and Marilyn a novel, because Kennedy was never interested in anyone for so long and seriously that numerous relationships could be classified as novels... Despite the huge number of love affairs, John always tried to avoid intimacy emotional contact with women and kept them at a certain distance from himself. He himself admitted that he never lost his head in a fit of passion: “I am by no means a tragic lover.” The tragic death of Marilyn Monroe in August 1962 and the assassination of President Kennedy in November 1963 forever put an ellipsis in this mysterious story; the truth will never become known... We will try to lift the veil of secrecy based on the memories of Marilyn herself, those around John Kennedy and the statements of biographers. .. (The post does not contain assumptions about the participation of the Kennedy brothers in the death of Marilyn Monroe) This is how Marilyn recalled her first meeting with John (which took place long before Kennedy’s presidency). From the oral recordings of Marilyn Monroe: “The Feldmans lived almost opposite us and often threw various parties to which they invited guests far from the world of cinema. That time we came along with Joe DiMaggio. Among the guests was a couple who attracted my special attention - young Senator John F.K. .with his wife Jackie. They were also newlyweds, but it was not too noticeable.
John and Jacqueline Kennedy
Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio You know, there are people, just by looking at whom you feel their unusual destiny and strength. Here in DiMaggio you can instantly feel physical strength and willpower, there is reliability, perseverance and simplicity in him. John K. immediately had a completely different strength that captivated me, not physical or even moral, he was a Lord, looking at him I understood that this man had a great future, so great that it’s scary to even think about.

John Kennedy and Grace Kelly (not related to the topic of the post, I wanted to publish this photo) If the most famous athlete in America was sitting next to me, then the most famous politician was staring at me. No, he was not particularly handsome or courageous; rather, on the contrary, he was completely ordinary in appearance, and yet. And he was just staring, forgetting about his Jackie. It was bad, ugly, dishonest, but I did the same thing, I just couldn’t take my eyes off John K. Now I can say that I was not mistaken, he became what he was supposed to become, and I made a lot of effort for his popularity. Do you understand who I mean? Of course we understood. But then it was still a long way off..." Considering John's love for Hollywood beauties, a closer acquaintance with Marilyn Monroe, the greatest sex symbol of the era, was only a matter of time. Marilyn, who survived a divorce from her first husband, DiMaggio, and a separation from her second , Arthur Miller, often attended parties hosted by Sinatra and Peter Lawford.It was thanks to Sinatra that Marilyn began to frequent the Lawford house in Santa Monica.
Patricia and Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra and Tony Curtis The meeting that marked the beginning of an intimate relationship took place at Lawford's house in Santa Monica on November 19, 1961. John managed to give a speech and now, having changed into jeans, relaxed, immersed in the familiar atmosphere. According to Lawford's second wife (Pat Lawford), Marilyn then literally moved in with the Lawfords. “Sometimes John had sex with Marilyn, and the Loufrods slept behind the wall, who not only tolerated, but even indulged such relationships. The room had a very beautiful bathroom, decorated with marble and onyx. John loved to draw water, and Marilyn would jump on him, and they would have sex right in the water, and sometimes invite Peter to photograph their games. After John’s death, almost all the photographs were destroyed...” According to Peter Lawford: “The fact that Kennedy became the head of state, in the eyes of Marilyn, gave their romance a special symbolism. She was now truly in love with him. At the same time, she was experiencing deep depression: she took strong sleeping pills, drank. She even had to go to a psychiatric clinic..."
Jackie was in Glen Ora at the moment when John was tumbling with Marilyn at his sister's house on the West Coast, but on December 5, when Peter secretly brought Monroe to meet the President at Carlyle, she was in the White House. Pat Lawford wrote: “Peter said he dressed Marilyn in tatty clothes, made her wear a wig, gave her a pen and pad, and took her in as his secretary.” The report, which was sent to FBI Director Hoover, alleged that orgies were held at the Carlyle Hotel in which John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy (two names redacted) and Marilyn Monroe took part." According to Judith Campbell, “John knew full well that Hoover was watching his every move, but he didn’t really care. The Kennedys wanted to get rid of Hoover, but they couldn’t because he collected a lot of dirt on the whole family, not just John.”
F. Sinatra, Peter Lawford and Bobby Kennedy After his divorce from Patricia Kennedy, Peter Lawford became persona non grata in the homes of former relatives. He especially hated Bobby, whom he blamed for the breakdown of his friendship with Frank Sinatra in 1962. After John's death, when Bobby and Jackie became close, Peter met them sitting together in a bar and publicly declared: “That son of a bitch is sleeping with her!”... Monroe, meanwhile, dreamed that her relationship with John would continue. She did not at all consider herself a temporary mistress, but sincerely believed that John would leave Jackie and marry her. In the spring of 1962, her ex-husband Arthur Miller remarried, which greatly affected Marilyn, and she again began to abuse pills and alcohol and brought herself to a terrible state. She arrived drunk at the Golden Globe Awards, struggling to move her feet and hanging on her Mexican lover. When she was presented with a gold statuette, Monroe perched herself on the stage and made a slurred speech. Many then predicted the end of her career. In the same month that Jackie stopped in London on March 25, 1962, on her way from India and Pakistan, Lawford brought Marilyn to Palm Springs for the weekend.
It is unlikely that Jackie could not have known about the connection between Monroe and her husband. Monroe even had her own room in the White House, and one day, clearly under the influence of alcohol or drugs, she told Jackie that she intended to marry the president. It's no surprise that Jackie didn't attend her husband's 45th birthday party, where guest star Marilyn Monroe performed "Happy Birthday, Mr. President." Jackie and her daughter Caroline were visiting a horse show in Glen Ora at that moment.
From the oral notes of Marilyn Monroe: “D.K. became the most important person in America, I had no doubt that this would happen, he definitely had to become it! I will fly to congratulate D.K. on his birthday. I will do it, and I don’t care, that they will throw me out of the studio once again! ...At D.K.’s birthday, this will be remembered for a long time. ...You can’t help but know that I congratulated D.K. on his birthday. It was an unheard of scandal.. "
Marilyn's performance was so provocative that journalists described it as: "Monroe made love to the president in front of 40 million Americans." Kennedy smiled and said that after such a nice congratulation he could resign, but in fact this became a turning point in their relationship with Monroe, and so everyone started talking about the affair between the president and the movie star, and it was only a matter of time before rumors appeared in the press.

This gold Rolex Day-Date, commonly known as the Rolex President, is believed to have been a gift from Marilyn for John's 45th birthday. Allegedly, Marilyn gave the gift to the president after the famous performance with the song “Happy birthday, Mister President,” and John gave the watch to his assistant Kenneth Donnell with a note “Get rid of it.” The following poem was included with the watch: “Let lovers breathe their sighs/And roses bloom and music sound/Let passion burn on lips and eyes/And pleasures merry world go round/Let golden sunshine flood the sky/ and let me love/ or let me die!” The veracity of this story remains a mystery; expert opinions are mixed. The date on the clock coincides with Kennedy's birthday. The serial number of the watch and the engraving also correspond to that time, the 60s of the last century. Aide to the 35th President of the United States, Kenneth Donnell died in 1977, his family refused to comment on the authenticity of the gold Rolex. In October 2005, the watch was sold at auction in Greenwich, Connecticut for a whopping $120,000 (original price between 40,000 and 60,000) , breaking the auction house record.
At the thought of being abandoned, Monroe became furious and began pestering Kennedy with calls, but John did not talk to her. Marilyn was desperate to save the relationship and called Bobby. Marilyn and John never met again, but she saw Bobby several times. Another heartbroken Hollywood star, Judy Garland, also cried into Bobby's vest.
The top photo shows Bobby Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and John Kennedy. The photo was taken at a private party at the home of Arthur and Matilda Cream, after the President's 45th birthday gala at Madison Square Garden ~ May 1962. This photo is believed to be the only photo of the President and the actress together. However, the bottom photo is also common in foreign blogs, in which in the visual row you can see John and Bobby (circled) watching Marilyn's performance. All other archives were destroyed, and other photographs are From the oral recordings of Marilyn Monroe: "Doc, don't be afraid, I have friends everywhere. The truth, the truth! Frankie and Bobby will protect us from any trouble, they said so. But only if I am an obedient girl. What does it mean to be an obedient girl? Sleeping with everyone in a row and keep your mouth shut? I don’t want to be an obedient girl, I just want to live. Doc, I’ll give you all the films, just don’t tell anyone about them, it’s dangerous..." On the night of August 5, Monroe took too much a dose of sleeping pills. The last person she spoke to was Peter Lawford. It seemed to him that Marilyn had a sleepy voice, but since the star abused alcohol, this did not alert him. In parting, she said, “Tell Pat goodbye. And to John. Goodbye to you too, you’re a good fellow.” He got agitated and called back, but heard short beeps on the phone. Around 3 a.m., Monroe's housekeeper discovered her housewife's body. The star was lying face down on the bed, naked, and clutching a telephone receiver in her hand. She died at the age of 36. An autopsy showed it was suicide. Since it was not the first time that Marilyn took too large a dose of sleeping pills, it remains a mystery whether it was a cry for help, or really an attempt to end her hateful life...
Marilyn was John Kennedy's most famous lover, but 48 hours after her death, when the actress's name was on the front pages of all publications, Kennedy found solace in the arms of another woman. Jackie at that moment stopped in New York on her way to Italy. Then John's affair with Mary Pinchot Meyer, an artist and ex-wife of a prominent CIA officer, was in full swing... In October 1964, Meyer was found murdered, and her detailed diary disappeared without a trace. Mary Pinchot Meyer
The following sources were used to create this post: "American Queen. The Life Story of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis", Sarah Bradford. "The Great Kennedy" A. Vladimirsky. "One for All" Edward M. Kennedy. Foreign blogs about John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe. Updated 10/09/12 12:44: Post about Jacqueline Kennedy