James Daugherty, the first of Marilyn Monroe's three husbands
James Dougherty, the first of Marilyn Monroe's three husbands, has written a book, "The Secret Happiness of Marilyn Monroe,” refuting much material printed about her in the past. Daugherty, a retired Los Angeles police officer, didn't know Marilyn, the movie star. He writes about Norma Jean Mortenson, a sweet faced 20-year-old when they were married in 1942..(UPI Photo/Handout/Files)
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles orphanage where Marilyn Monroe spent several years as a child has closed. Hollygrove's last resident, a 9-year-old boy who went to live with his father in Texas, moved out Sept. 2, The Los Angeles Times reports.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Marilyn Monroe's first husband, retired Los Angeles Police detective James Dougherty, has died in San Rafael, Calif., at age 84.
NEW YORK, April 22 (UPI) -- New York auctioneers are planning a June bidding for Marilyn Monroe's personal effects, including a much-discussed black address book.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Forty-one years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains forever young, and she eternally will. Not for her, the bloated twilight of an Elvis or a Brando or endl
Jeanne Pruett born in Pell City, Ala., 1937. Norma Jean born near Wellston, Okla., 1938.
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