The Murder of Marilyn Monroe (37 page)

(HEYMANN 1998, p. 322)

(HEYMANN 1998, p. 540: Peter Lawford said, “I certainly think Marilyn would have held a press conference . . .”)

(JACOBS 2004, pp. 169, 172–173: “When the cops said it was an overdose . . .”)

(NEWCOMB, PATRICIA. INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SPOTO. 3 AUGUST 1992: “There’s no way they could’ve done this. I resent it so much . . .”)

(GATES 1993, p. 165: “Frankly, I never bought into the theory that she killed herself because he dumped her . . .”)

(ROTHMILLER 1992, pp. 113–114: Former OCID (Organized Crime Intelligence Division) detective Mike Rothmiller said, “Airport detail. LAPD higher-ups wanted to know who was coming in and out of LA, and this little intelligence activity was part of OCID’s routine . . .”)

(SELSMAN, MICHAEL. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 1 JANUARY 2012: “After Marilyn died, I worked at Fox and Paramount . . .”)

(SELSMAN, MICHAEL. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 1 JANUARY 2012: “I never saw her happy. I never saw her laugh . . .”)

(SELSMAN, MICHAEL. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 28 MARCH 2011: Arthur Jacobs told Selsman that Bobby Kennedy was at Marilyn’s home in the afternoon.)

(MARTIN, JEANNE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 11 NOVEMBER 2010)

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(LAWFORD, PETER. INTERVIEW WITH C. DAVID HEYMANN. 1983. Transcript located at the State University of New York at Stony Brook: “You could apparently hear [on Mafia-Teamster tapes] the voices of Marilyn and JFK as well as Marilyn and RFK, in addition to MM and Dr. Ralph Greenson . . .”)

(HEYMANN 1998, p. 316)

(SUMMERS 2000, p. 317: “Lawford was ‘desperately attempting’ to obtain compromising sound tapes of ‘parties’ he had attended in Barr’s dressing room.”)

(OTASH, FRED. INTERVIEW WITH JAMES SPADA. 15 NOVEMBER 1988: “Something strange happened with Lawford one day . . .”)

(STRAIT 1992, p. 155: Raymond Strait said, “I’ve listened to tapes in which Jayne and the President . . .”)

(STRAIT, RAYMOND. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 28 JULY 2013: “Otash knew conversations between me and Jayne before . . .”)

(NAAR, JOSEPH. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 2 SEPTEMBER 2010)

(BADMAN 2010, p. 296: Milt Ebbins on Lawford.)

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(From the collection of YouTube member SGTG77: In a 1980s documentary, George Barris relayed, “I said, ‘Marilyn, this is the last picture I’m going to take of you . . .’”)

(From the collection of YouTube member SGTG77: In another 1980s documentary, George Barris remembered, “When I was in New York . . .”)

(Harrod, Horatia. “50 Things You Didn’t Know About Marilyn.”
Daily Telegraph
. 31 July 2012: “On August 1, [three] days before her death, she was rehired by Fox on a $1 million, two-picture deal.”)

(Barris, George, and Theo Wilson. “MARILYN SPEAKS: Star’s Own Words in Last Weeks.”
Daily News
. 14 August 1962: “A touch of Marilyn Monroe’s whimsy is apparent in her last foto, taken by writer-photographer George Barris. After a long day’s session [on July 13, 1962], Barris asked for one last picture. ‘OK, George,’ said Marilyn, pursing her lips as though for a kiss, ‘and it’s just for you.’”)

(STEINEM 1986, p. 181: George Barris took the last photograph of Marilyn Monroe on July 13, 1962.)

(BARRIS 1995, pp. 122, 151)

(BARRIS, GEORGE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 21 SEPTEMBER 2012: Barris said he regretted not going back to see Marilyn right away.)

(BARRIS, GEORGE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 14 AUGUST 2012: Barris did not find out about Marilyn holding a press conference until after her death; therefore, he could not possibly have agreed to hold a press conference for her as alleged in a 2012 book.)

(BARRIS 1995, p. 133: George Barris said, “She never seemed happier . . .”)

(Barris, George, and Theo Wilson. “TWILIGHT OF A STAR: Here’s MM, Barefoot and Bubbly.”
Daily News
. 14 August 1962: Marilyn said to Barris, “The happiest time of my life is now . . .”)

(BARRIS 1995, p. 138)

(Barris, George, and Theo Wilson. “TWILIGHT OF A STAR: Above All Else, MM Wanted to Act.”
Daily News
. 17 August 1962: Marilyn said to Barris, “I like to stay here (in California) but every once in awhile I get that feeling for New York . . .”)

(BARRIS, GEORGE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 7 JANUARY 2011: “Why would she take her own life? . . .”)

(BARRIS 1995, p. ix: “I had always wanted to work on a book with Marilyn Monroe, from the first time I met her on a freelance photographic assignment back in September 1954. At that time she was in New York City on location for
The Seven Year Itch
.”)

(BARRIS, STEPHANIE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 20 NOVEMBER 2012: Margolis asked Mr. Barris’s daughter Stephanie to quickly ask her father the title of his favorite Marilyn Monroe film. After speaking to him, Stephanie came back to the phone and stated, “His favorite one is
The Seven Year Itch
.”)

(BARRIS 1995, p. ix: “What I particularly liked about Marilyn was that she didn’t act like a movie star . . .”)

(MORIARTY, EVELYN. INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD BUSKIN. 29 JULY 1993: “Buck Hall was the assistant director . . .”)

(BARRIS, GEORGE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 7 JANUARY 2011: “When I arrived, she said, ‘What are you doing here?! I heard you were in Rome with Elizabeth Taylor! . . .’”)

(BARRIS 1995, p. xv: “So, for the weeks from June 9 until July 18, I was busy working with Marilyn.”)

(BARRIS 1995, p. 51: “I don’t think anyone was ever more determined, and I never encountered a model who worked as hard as she did.”)

(BARRIS 1995, p. xvi: “I will never believe that she took her own life. It will always be my conviction that she was murdered.”)

(BARRIS, GEORGE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 29 NOVEMBER 2010: “I’ll never forget her because she was kind, and she was honest, and she was loveable. . .”)

(BARRIS, GEORGE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 7 JANUARY 2011: “When I was in the country, I was with my brother-in-law . . .”)

(RUSSELL, JANE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 29 NOVEMBER 2010: “I met him one time after his brother had been killed . . .”)

(Leigh, Wendy. “Jane Russell: My Friend Marilyn Did Not Kill Herself.”
Daily Mail
. 3 March 2007.)

(MORIARTY, EVELYN. INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD BUSKIN. 29 JULY 1993: “There’s no way she killed herself . . .”)

(ERENGIS, GEORGE. INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD BUSKIN. 8 JUNE 1995: “On the Monday following her death, I went into Marilyn’s dressing room . . .”)

(“Debbie Reynolds: Marilyn Monroe Was at Risk.”
Daily Express
. 12 April 2010: “I saw her two days before she died and warned her . . .”)

(
Marilyn Monroe: A Case for Murder
documentary, 1988—Debbie Reynolds relayed, “Her life was very sad. And the ending was very sad indeed . . .”)

(HALL, MONTE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 24 JANUARY 2014: “I was at the wedding. Marilyn was married by a judge in a San Francisco courthouse . . .”)

(Turner, Dave.
Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI
. Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 1996, p. 241: “Hall, Monte A. 1951–1976, membership number 002827”)

(ENGELBERG 2004, p. 239: Morris Engelberg relayed, “Joe DiMaggio was in love with Marilyn Monroe until the moment he died . . .”)

(ENGELBERG 2004, p. 282: “She didn’t die of natural causes, and she wasn’t going to kill herself . . .”)

(RUSSELL, JANE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 29 NOVEMBER 2010: “I think she was going to remarry Joe DiMaggio.”)

(RUSSELL, JANE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 1 DECEMBER 2010: Russell explained how she learned of the marriage plans from mutual friends shortly before Marilyn’s death.)

(Miracle, Mona Rae. “Marilyn.”
Sothebys Auction Catalogue for the Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe: The Berniece and Mona Miracle Collection
. February 8–March 1, 2001: Mona Rae said, “Berniece’s heartbreak at handling Marilyn’s funeral was ameliorated by the help Joe . . .”)

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(SUMMERS 2000, p. 408: On August 3, “During the day, Marilyn ordered food and liquor worth forty-nine dollars—a major purchase when translated into today’s prices—from the Briggs Delicatessen.”)

(CAPELL 1964, p. 13: “Don J. Briggs, Incorporated. . . Creditor’s Claim No. P-458935” for August 3, 1962 in the amount of $49.07.)

(HEYMANN 1989, pp. 368–369: “In anticipation of [Bobby Kennedy and Peter Lawford’s] visit Marilyn had set out a buffet of Mexican food—guacamole, stuffed mushrooms, spicy meatballs—which she had ordered from a nearby restaurant, and a chilled magnum of champagne.”)

(HEYMANN 1998, pp. 321–322: Peter Lawford said, “They argued back and forth for maybe ten minutes.”)

(HEYMANN 1989, pp. 368–369)

(SUMMERS 1994, p. 347)

(SUMMERS 2000, p. 470: “Marilyn, says [Lawford’s third wife Deborah] Gould, had refused to accept messages from Kennedy passed on through Lawford, and Kennedy now decided to confront her for the last time.”)

(SUMMERS 2000, p. 470: Debbie Gould said Bobby Kennedy “came straight to see Marilyn at her home. Marilyn knew then that it was over, that was it, final, and she was very distraught and depressed.”)

(NEWCOMB, PATRICIA. INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SPOTO. 3 AUGUST 1992: “I was at her house that afternoon until three and that’s when Greenson came and told me to leave. . .”)

(Zolotow, Maurice. “MM’s Psychiatrist a Troubled Man.”
San Antonio Light.
[San Antonio, TX] 13 October 1973, p. 9-A: Ralph Greenson said, “It was clear she had taken some sleeping pills during the day.”)

(MURRAY 1975, p. 124: Mrs. Murray said, “Pat was still asleep, and would sleep serenely until noon. . .”)

(Zolotow, Maurice. “MM’s Psychiatrist a Troubled Man.”
San Antonio Light
. [San Antonio, TX] 13 October 1973, p. 9-A: Ralph Greenson said, “She resented the fact that Pat Newcomb had taken some pills . . .”)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: Greenson wrote to Dr. Kris on August 20, 1962, “She was still angry with her girlfriend who had slept 15 hours that night and Marilyn was furious because she had such a poor sleep.” The complete letter is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: Greenson wrote to Dr. Kris on August 20, 1962, “I finally asked the girlfriend to leave because this was Marilyn’s request, and I asked the housekeeper to stay overnight . . .” The complete letter is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(SLATZER 1975, p. 225: Mrs. Murray said, “Dr. Greenson asked me if I had planned on staying that night. He asked this in a rather offhand way . . .”)

(
Say Goodbye to the President
documentary, 1985: Mrs. Murray conceded to Anthony Summers the real reason Marilyn was upset that last afternoon: her row over Bobby Kennedy.)

(WOLFE 1998, p. 90: “When Summers asked Murray why she hadn’t told the truth to the police in 1962 . . .”)

(SPOTO 1993, p. 566: Pat Newcomb claimed Marilyn was angry at her for getting more sleep but conceded “something else was behind it all.”)

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(Carpozi, George, Jr. “Was Marilyn Murdered? Shocking New Facts Uncovered About Her Death.”
Motion Picture
. November 1975: “RFK made that statement in a deposition to Captain Edward [Michael] Davis.”)

(MARTIN 1995, p. 383: Bobby Kennedy’s deposition admitting his own presence at Marilyn’s home on the afternoon of August 4, 1962.)

(RIESE AND HITCHENS 1990, p. 248)

(ROTHMILLER, MIKE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 26 SEPTEMBER 2010: Rothmiller saw a copy of Marilyn’s diary, not the original.)

(BROWN AND BARHAM 1993, p. 433: In 1978, former OCID detective Mike Rothmiller saw the deposition made by RFK, stored in the OCID building’s secret filing rooms.)

(CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE: GREENSON, JOAN. UNTITLED 90-PAGE MARILYN MONROE MANUSCRIPT, p. 46: “Marilyn found out that the neighbor who you could see from her property was a professor at the university.” The complete work is located in Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA, sealed from the public until January 1, 2039.)

(WOLFE 2005, pp. 288–289: “In the course of researching my Marilyn Monroe biography, I learned from Vince Carter and other confirming sources that [Archie] Case and [ James] Ahern had accompanied Robert Kennedy to Marilyn Monroe’s house on the night she died . . .”)

(ABBOTT, ALLAN. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 22 JULY 2012: “Noguchi admitted there was a needle mark under one of her armpits . . .”)

(SLATZER 1975, pp. 251–252: A confidential source relayed, “Bobby said in his deposition that he and Peter Lawford went to Marilyn’s house . . .”)

(BARRIS, GEORGE. INTERVIEW WITH JAY MARGOLIS. 7 JANUARY 2011: “Gloria Steinem and I were signing the book we did together in Brentwood in a big book store . . .”)