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American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
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Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Death of Marilyn Monroe
1962 death of Marilyn Monroe by overdose
On the evening of August 4, 1962, American actress Marilyn Monroe died at age 36 of a barbiturate overdose inside her home at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered before dawn the following morning, on August 5. Monroe had been…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)