Free Republic

It is hard to imagine what Marilyn Monroe would have looked like had she lived to the age of 80. That is the milestone she would have celebrated today but for her death in 1962. The epitome of the "blonde bombshell", she remains as well known in death as she was in her life. The image of her standing on a vent with her dress being blown upwards is familiar even to people who have never seen The Seven Year Itch, the film from which the classic image came. Her life was a series of dramatic highs and lows ending...