Nearly 50 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains one of the most popular public figures of all time.  Thousands of fans still talk about her on websites and in chat rooms, her image appears on an endless stream of commercial products, and artists and authors recreate her in their imaginations.


Why are we so enthralled by the memory of this woman? Why does she exert such a powerful pull nearly a half century after her death? In part, of course, it is because she was both extraordinarily ...
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