Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love (58 page)

©1979 BY SAM SHAW INC., SHAW FAMILY ARCHIVES, LTD.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller, New York City, 1957.

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Marilyn Monroe at a cocktail party with her lover Yves Montand shortly before the end of her marriage to Arthur Miller.

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Marilyn Monroe engages both JFK and RFK.

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Actress Marilyn Monroe on the set of the unfinished film “Something’s Got to Give.”

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Frank Sinatra and Sam Giancana owned the Cal-Neva Lodge, Lake Tahoe, where Peter Lawford took Marilyn for some “peace and quiet” and a respite from the Kennedy men, 1962.

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Psychiatrist Ralph Greenson (
center
), to whom Marilyn confided the details of her Kennedy affairs, is shown here at her funeral.

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Joe DiMaggio and Joe Jr. joined in grief at the Monroe funeral.

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The 48-year-old Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio at bat during Oldtimers’ Day, Yankee Stadium, 1963.

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Despite his legendary baseball career, many people remember Joe DiMaggio as “Mr. Coffee.”

T
HE FAMILY OF C. DAVID HEYMANN
(1945–2012) gratefully acknowledges the efforts of the many researchers and interviewers and the assistance Heymann and they received from archival and library staffs in gathering the information needed for the writing of
Joe and Marilyn
, his final project. Those who agreed to be interviewed for this project are also gratefully acknowledged; they are named on a chapter-by-chapter basis in the chapter notes section of this book.

Special gratitude is extended to Mel Berger, Heymann’s literary agent at William Morris Entertainment, for his encouragement and guidance as well as to his assistants Graham Jaenicke, Hadley Franklin, and William LoTurco. Equal indebtedness is due Emily Bestler, Heymann’s editor at Emily Bestler Books—an imprint of Atria Books, at Simon & Schuster—for her unwavering faith in the book, as well as special thanks to Caroline Porter, her editorial assistant, and Megan Reid, her assistant editor. The photographs that appear in this book were gathered and organized by Jane Tucker. Thanks are also due Heymann’s invaluable chief researcher, Helen Valles, who was instrumental in gathering, organizing, and collating reams of research material for the author. Victoria Carrion provided much-needed bookkeeping services, and Mark Padnos, a librarian in the City University system, contributed as Heymann’s research assistant and compiled the bibliography. And thanks to senior editorial assistant/pinch hitter Carla Stockton,
without whom completion of this book would not have been possible.

Finally, C. David Heymann’s wife, Beatrice, would like to add a personal note of thanks to all those who helped her see this project to completion, and she wishes to acknowledge the love, devotion, and partnership she shared with her husband. She extends, as well, a special thanks to the loyal readers of C. David Heymann’s books; their devotion enabled him to have a career in writing, a life he loved.