Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean)
Date of Death: August 5, 1962
Dear Joe DiMaggio,
I hate to leave you like this but my tragedies have left me no choice. Throughout my rough childhood and rough times it has forced me to change my mind and thoughts about things. Starting from my childhood, my mother smothered me in my crib with a pillow when I was just very young. I was sent to many different orphanages and foster homes because my mother was sent to a Mental Institution. I was sent to one of the orphanages when I was only 9 years old. I was sexually abused and when I was only at an age of 11 I was raped. As I got older I had sexual affairs with people that would be able to advance my career. I had an affair with one of my husband’s; Yves Montana. I began to take pills and drink alcohol and that caused me to have 2 miscarriages. When I was only 16, I got married to 21 year old Jim Dougherty to escape away from my old life. I am beginning to become very ill and I am suffering performance anxiety. I can’t keep living my life like this. Looking back on my rough childhood and all of the things I was put through just brings me down even more everyday. I never intended for it to be like this but that’s the way it’s gonna end up being. Goodbye…
Love always, Marilyn.
