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The story ofMarilyn Monroe’s life usually starts with her death.

Men and women both were dazzled by Monroe’s charm and acting chops.

Marilyn Monroe smiling

“Women felt just the same as men.

There was something deeply moving about Marilyn, always” (viaE!

Being an actress is what Monroe wanted to be known for.

Marilyn Monroe posing

In an audio recording, E!

Online reports Monroe saying that she’d “like to be a good actress, a true actress.

An artist, with integrity.”

Marilyn Monroe looking over the streets of NYC, smoking

What were Marilyn Monroe’s final words?

In both, Summers argues that it was her relationship with the brothers that led directly to her death.

Locked in her bedroom, she took a call from Lawford around 8 p.m. PST.

Marilyn Monroe

He had intended on inviting her to a party that night, but she turned it down.

However, according to an article Summers wrote forVanity Fair, things started spiraling for Monroe long before then.

Did the mafia kill Marilyn Monroe?

Marilyn Monroe smiling

The autopsy report released following Marilyn Monroe’s death ruled the cause as “probably suicide.”

Robert’s mission to end organized crime was getting in Hoffa’s way.