Deal reached over Marylin Monroe photos

bbc ^ | 13 January 2009

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A US legal fight over seven nude photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken six weeks before her death has been settled amicably, lawyers have said. The images were taken by photographer Bert Stern at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles in 1962. Mr Stern sued three photographers for $1.7m (£1.2m) last year as he initially believed the pictures had been stolen after lending them to a magazine.

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[Badeye]

That the facination with Monroe still exists to this day is a testimony to her impact on our culture as a whole.

I still say the single best Playboy centerfold layout ever was that first one, with MM.

All the others are just pale knockoffs of the original.

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Monroe at gathering with Bobby and John Kennedy

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Playwright, Arthur Miller with his second wife, Marilyn Monroe

[Badeye]

Pretty sure that was right after she sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to JFK. And I think that dress was just auctioned off this past year.

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[r9etb]

Pretty sure that was right after she sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to JFK. And I think that dress was just auctioned off this past year.

From what I hear, it was "off" without an auction when Marilyn wore it that night.

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Norma Jeane

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Joe DiMaggio was the ONLY decent guy she married and behind the scenes tried to help her.

[Badeye]

I seem to recall a story about Dimaggio smacking her for that scene with the billowing dress and the exhaust fan.

[Badeye]

That was the rumor...