Dear pdh3,
Hello honey, yes I know where Marilyn Monroe is buried. I've visited her grave twice (same cemetery as my friend Judith - Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park). Each time I have come away from there feeling terribly upset.
You pinpointed exactly what upsets me ... the fact that she was always abandoned. It took Joe a few days to take over and claim her body although they were no longer married. In 1962, when she died/was murdered, Joe contracted with a florist to put roses next to her crypt every week for twenty years. That ended in 1982 and Joltin' Joe has died and gone away. So tourists come to visit, put lipstick kisses on her marker, leave flowers and notes. I pick roses from my Armenian neighbor's garden out back, and add some rosemary and wrap them and put them next to her marker.
Marilyn Monroe - October 25, 2006
Those are my roses.
I printed the lyrics to "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John on pink paper with maroon font. You will notice at the bottom, I copied Klaas' candle for Natalee.
"To Marilyn from Joanie, who visits
Judith in the Private Estates back
there near Fannie Brice."
Candle In The Wind
Music by Elton John ~ Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
I fully intended to create a thread in the Unsolved Crimes section because she was murdered.
Louise......What a kind thing to do. I hope she knows how much the world has come to love and appreciate her.
You have done more for her now than all her so-called friends did for her at the time of her death. You honored her memory. I guess Joe was the only true friend she ever had.
My daughter did a research paper on Marilyn, and found her death very suspicious. We were enthralled by her life story. She was so vulnerable, and so alone for most of her life. She certainly deserved a dignity in death that she didn't get then. It's nice to know that she's getting it now.