Funeral of Marilyn Monroe, American film star
Aug. 8, 1962 - Los Angeles, CA, U.S. - Funeral of MARILYN MONROE - standing in front of the casket are the members of Pinkerton Men Guard. On August 8, 1962, Monroe was interred in a crypt at Corridor of Memories, #24, at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Lee Strasberg delivered the eulogy. Joe DiMaggio, Monroe's former husband and still good friend, claimed her body and planned her funeral. He excluded all he deemed morally responsible for her death. Marilyn Monroe was found nude, dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood, California home clutching her telephone by her live-in housekeeper Mrs. Eunice Murray on August 5, 1962. She was 36 years old
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