The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe (63 page)

Rosenman's background and association with the Kennedys are outlined in his obituary in the
New York Times
, June 25, 1973.

Great Lakes Carbon Corporation: Jerry Oppenheimer,
The Other Mrs. Kennedy
, pp. 170–173.

Bobby Kennedy's calls to Rosenman: Brown, p. 233; the Skouras Papers in the Special Collections Department, Stanford University; Zanuck Papers, American Film Institute, Los Angeles.

“You know I never…”: Leonard Mosley,
Zanuck
, p. 339.

“I only heard one side…”: Brown, p. 233.

Zanuck's problems with Fox: Mosley, pp. 238–244.

Western Union message: Private Correspondence File of the Attorney General, Kennedy Library.

Chapter 56

“He loved her a…”: N.Y.
Daily News
, August 14, 1962.

“Marilyn was out…”: int., Jefferies, 1993.

“a bitter row”: Summers, p. 296.

Visit to Dr. Gurdin: Ibid., p. 274; Brown, p. 244, Brown's interview with Gurdin, 1992.

“My guess was that…”: “Marilyn Remembered,” July 1993.

“Her inflections came…”: Meryman,
Life
, November 4, 1966.

Dean Martin learned:
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, June 8, 1962;
New York Times
, June 9, 1962.

Zanuck arrived in New York: Mosley, p. 342.

“I never saw her so…”: Brown, p. 254.

“He was casually dressed…”: Murray, p. 112; Murray interview on canceled
20/20
.

“I got word to…”: Brown, p. 247.

“I found, surprisingly, that…”: Ibid., 248.

“Mickey Rudin is deliberately…”: Earl Wilson,
The Show Business Nobody Knows
, pp. 297, 298.

Chapter 57

File: FBI releases of File 105–40018 on Monroe.

Bolaños had followed: Summers, pp. 254, 255; Bolaños was photographed as MM's escort at the Golden Globes: see Summers,
Goddess
paperback, pp. 454–461.

“heard directly from Marilyn…”: Summers,
Goddess
paperback, p. 459.

as a guest in MM's apartment: Summers's interview with Field, 1986; Field, p. 304.

“All of a sudden…”: int., Carmen, 1997.

“Bobby was furious…”: Lawford, p. 161.

The doctors' bills were entered into probate.

“Hy kept Marilyn sedated…”: int., Maltz, 1996.

Robert Slatzer recalled: int., Slatzer, 1993, 1998; Slatzer,
The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe
, pp. 9–15.

Would have told all: int., Carmen, 1997.

20th Century-Fox Board: Mosley, p. 343.

They promptly resigned: Ibid., p. 344.

Chapter 58

“There was more to…”: Summers, p. 297.

According to Ralph Roberts: int., Roberts, 1993, 1998.

Sinatra flew Marilyn: int. Julius Bengston, 1993: Bengston, a friend of Pat Newcomb's, went to Cal-Neva on the
Christina
as Marilyn's hairdresser and was helpful in filling in the details and itinerary of the Cal-Neva weekend.

Giancana at Cal-Neva: int., Bill Roemer, 1994, 1995. Former FBI agent Roemer had placed Giancana under constant surveillance, and he stated that the FBI was aware of Giancana's presence at Cal-Neva that weekend.

Bobby Kennedy might be there: int., Slatzer, 1993, 1998.

Bobby trying to reach Newcomb: int., Peggy Randall, 1993.

“She kept herself…”: Summers, p. 283.

“…afraid of the Mafia”: Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 249.

“She told me it…”: int., Roberts, 1993, 1998.

“at the edge of…”: Summers, p. 295.

“He was very upset…”: Ibid., p. 295.

Woodfield stated: int., Woodfield, 1995.

“The conversation was…”: int., Roemer, 1994, 1995; Roemer, p. 184.

“When Marilyn left…”: Summers, p. 293.

“out of it, a mess…”: Ibid., p. 294.

White House telephone records: The president's phone logs, Kennedy Library.

Chapter 59

She called Rosenfeld: Summers, p. 301.

$6,000 evening gown: int., Jean Louis, 1993.

“She never looked better…”: Summers, p. 301.

“She figured who else…”: Spada, pp. 346–347.

Otash told the
Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles Times
, October 8, 1985.

History as CIA contractee: Jim Hougan,
Spooks
, pp. 99–112.

“Marilyn, who was fascinated…”: Murray, p. 120.

“She came in carrying…”: Spada, p. 350.

“He was without…”:
San Francisco Chronicle
, August 4, 1962.

“Marilyn Monroe's health…”: “The Voice of Broadway,”
New York Journal-American
, August 3, 1962. Kilgallen never identified the “interesting” photograph being circulated in California.

Rothberg became privy: int., Howard Rothberg, 1995; Lee Israel,
Kilgallen
, pp. 338–340.

“Oh, yes, I was…”: int., Ron Pataki, 1995.

“It may have been…”: Ibid.

Pataki and Kilgallen: int., Lee Israel, 1995; Israel, pp. 431–439.

Marilyn called Slatzer: int., Slatzer, 1993, 1998.

A hotel operator: Summers, p. 304.

“If I am a star…”: Meryman interview,
Life
, August 3, 1962.

“I'm cleaning house…”: int., Slatzer, 1993, 1998.

“I'm not as mature…”: Weatherby, p. 184.

“That last month…”: int., Roberts, 1993, 1998; Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 251.

“Tell him this is…”: int., Roberts, 1993.

“Ralph did reach me…”: Ibid.

Marilyn called the Rostens: int., Rosten, 1993, 1994.

Travilla at La Scala: Spada, p. 351.

“awakening from sleep…”: Murray, p. 41.

“It's my feeling that…”: Ibid., p. 156.

Chapter 60

Strange calls: Summers, p. 305; Spada, pp. 351–352; int., Carmen, 1997.

Murray spent the night: Murray, p. 123.

Jefferies had begun: int., Jefferies, 1993.

“We sat down at…”: transcript of Slatzer interview with Murray, 1971.

“I only recently…”: Clemmons lecture, “Marilyn Remembered,” March 22, 1991.

“a chronic fear neurosis”: Cottrell,
Ladies Home Companion
, January 1965.

Call to Skolsky: Summers, pp. 306–307.

Schiller recalled: int., Schiller, 1993.

“The small argument…”: Slatzer, p. 221.

Newcomb's loyalty to the: int., Jefferies, 1993.

“Mrs. Murray fixed Marilyn…”: Slatzer, p. 222.

Roar of a helicopter: Summers, p. 350; Brown, p. 303.

“The truth is, we…”: Gates, p. 144.

“I was not supposed to…”: Murray, from the transcript of BBC's
Say Goodbye to the President
.

Norman Jefferies confirmed: int., Jefferies, 1993.

“Mr. Lawford made it…”: Ibid.

“Marilyn telephoned me…”: int., Guilaroff, 1995; Guilaroff,
Crowning Glory
, pp. 165–167; transcript of Peter Brown interview with Guilaroff.

Otash's suppressed interview: from the canceled
20/20
transcripts.

“Where is it? Where is it?”: Summers, p. 263.

two visits by Robert Kennedy: Summers,
Goddess
(Signet ed.), pp. 442–445.

“I received a call from…”: int., Rosten, 1994.

Marilyn in hysterical state: int., Jefferies, 1993.

“Are you leaving, Pat?”: Slatzer, p. 224.

“A man answered the phone…”: Summers, p. 309.

“Terminate her therapy”: Greenson to Kris, August 20, 1962.

At Murray's request…: int., Jefferies, 1993.

“It was between eight and eight-thirty…”: int., Guilaroff, 1995.

“Are you sure you can't…”: int., Carmen, 1998; Summers, p. 311.

Rosenfeld call: Ibid., p. 310.

Shortly after dusk: int., Clemmons, 1993, 1997; int., Slatzer, 1993, 1997; Summers, p. 351. During Summers's research for
Goddess
, he interviewed Betty Pollard, who confirmed that Robert Kennedy was seen entering the Monroe gate on the evening Marilyn died.

The Bolaños call is documented in the transcripts of an interview with Anthony Summers in 1983. Bolaños stated that Marilyn didn't hang up, but she never came back to the phone.

“We were told to leave…”: int., Jefferies, 1993.

“I thought she was dead”: Ibid.

Hall confirmed…: int., Hall, 1993, 1994. Though the
Globe
article regarding the ambulance call implied that Dr. Greenson may have been responsible for Marilyn Monroe's death when he administered the heart needle, the administration of Adrenalin to the heart as a last-ditch lifesaving procedure was common practice in 1962.

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