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Lieto, Barbara, 443

Life
, 9, 11, 32, 100–101, 233, 340, 429, 449, 450, 458
n

Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe, The
(Slatzer), 67, 70

Lincoln, Evelyn, 378

Lipton, Harry, 183–184

Litman, Robert, 37–38, 83–84, 100, 377

Livingston, Dick, 446

Loeb, John, 390, 424, 432, 438

Loewenstein, Rudolph, 307, 325, 330

Logan, Joshua, 289, 291, 296, 444

Bus Stop
and, 267, 269, 272–275, 278–279

Long Beach Star
, 45

Longest Day, The
, 425–426

Look
, 233, 246, 340, 377

Look Back in Anger
(Osborne), 297

Lorenz, Marita, 366

Lorre, Peter, 169, 329

Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, 27, 74, 95, 97

Los Angeles Communist Party, 138

Los Angeles County Coroner, 26, 27, 33, 67–68

Los Angeles Hall of Records, 41, 67, 69, 164
n

Los
Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 17, 37, 423

Los Angeles Orphans' Home, 123–124, 127–130, 133, 193

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), 67, 68, 70, 71, 100, 347

Intelligence Division, 14, 45, 49, 52, 61, 64, 70, 84, 224, 277, 462

Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, 27, 37, 38, 63

Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Team, 37–38, 40–41, 83–84, 377, 458

Los Angeles Times
, 17, 50, 75, 85, 93–94, 95, 100, 154, 223–224, 306, 445, 457

Losey, Joseph, 370

Love Happy
, 218, 219, 221, 259, 326

Lovell, Gloria, 371, 377

Lowenfeld, Henry, 166

Lower, Edith Ana Atchinson, 122, 142

death of, 53, 208–209, 247, 368

as MM's surrogate mother, 134–135, 145–146, 162, 177, 180, 188, 194

Lyon, Ben, 184, 188, 189, 197, 198, 202

Lytess, Natasha, 207

coaching by, 31, 206–207, 208, 209, 210, 222, 230–231, 234, 245

dismissal of, 270–271

friendship between MM and, 215–216, 226, 231–232, 240, 247

 

McCarthy, Kerry Kennedy, 92

McCarthy, Kevin, 262, 325

McClellan, John L, 277

McIntyre, Alice, 351–352

McPherson, Aimee Semple, 107, 108

McSwane, Mack, 393

Mafia, 197, 198, 343, 344, 347, 358, 366, 367, 379, 397–398, 437, 441, 442

Mailer, Norman, 70, 100

Maltz, Albert, 384, 394

Maltz, Esther Goldstein Engelberg, 138, 173, 228, 384, 436

Maniscalco, Mr. and Mrs., 204

Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 223

Mann, Thomas, 168–169, 207

March, David, 235

Marie Claire
, 328

Marilyn
(Mailer), 70

Marilyn: The Last Months
(Murray and Shade), 12, 101, 174, 381, 387

Marilyn: The Last Take
(Brown and Barham), 96

Marilyn and Me
(Strasberg), 96

Marilyn Files, The
(Slatzer), 96

Marilyn Monroe: The Biography
(Spoto), 11, 72, 86, 98–100, 163, 392
n

Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP), 246–247, 253, 265, 267, 276, 295, 301, 325, 327, 351

management change of, 305–306

Marilyn Remembered, 7
n

Martin, Dean, 55, 344, 373, 406, 413, 414, 418, 429, 440

Martin, Ida, 133–134

Martin, Jeanne, 344, 373, 375

Marx, Groucho, 217–218

Marx, Harpo, 217–218

Massary, Fritzi, 207

MCA, 389, 429

Means, Marianne, 57

Medical Tribune
, 383

Melson, Inez, 11, 36, 53, 54, 55, 58–59, 84, 117, 231, 310, 393

Meryman, Richard, 429, 449

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 221

Metty, Russell, 355

Mike Todd's Celebrity Circus, 257–258

Miller, Arthur, 275

business advice to MM from, 305–306, 314–315, 321

career of, 227, 230, 310–311, 324

dislike of Strasbergs by, 264–265, 301, 353–354

HUAC and, 281–284

Inge Morath and, 352, 362

marital difficulties of, 31, 298, 299–302, 303–304, 311, 322–324, 326, 328, 331, 335, 336, 340, 350, 351, 353–354, 355, 367

Misfits
and, 278, 312, 324–325, 326, 338, 350, 351

MM's death and, 18

MM's divorce from, 361, 362, 375

MM's marriage to, 284–288, 290, 294, 295–296, 298, 304–313, 323, 325, 395

MM's reminiscences and, 209

Olivier and, 297

politics of, 229, 336

pre-marital relationship between MM and, 227–231, 243, 256, 258–259, 266, 278, 280, 281

rewrites of
Let's Make Love
by, 327, 328

Miller, Augusta, 284–285, 286, 304

Miller, Isadore, 284–285, 286, 304, 393, 411

Miller, Kermit, 288

Miller, Mary, 227

Minardos, Nico, 237

Miner, John, 27–30, 34–35

interview of Greenson by, 38–40, 72–73

Minnelli, Vincente, 338

Miracle, Berniece Baker, 53, 54, 55, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 121, 156, 194, 205, 374–375

Miracle, Mona Rae, 194

Miracle, Paris, 157

Mirisch, Harold, 316

Misfits, The
, 31, 54, 66, 278, 311, 327, 338, 340, 359, 363

filming of, 346, 350–356, 405

Miller's gift to MM of, 312, 324–325, 326, 350, 351

Monkey Business
, 236

Monroe, Ida Mae, 134

Monroe, Marilyn:

acting technique of, 272–274, 279–280, 294, 315, 317–318, 319–321

as alternate delegate to Democratic Party, 346

ambitions of, 161, 183, 185, 367

autopsy exam of, 28–30, 31, 70

birth of, 108, 114

cause of death of, 4, 10, 37, 102–103

childhood of, 107, 117, 121

cover up of death of, 35, 50

daughter of, 203–204, 371–372

diary of, 35–36, 59, 60, 74, 252, 366, 437

drug use by, 259–260, 300, 312–313, 320, 322, 330, 331, 351,
355, 361, 363, 371, 372, 373, 413, 414, 417, 421, 423, 436, 442, 443, 450, 452–453, 459

early acting career of, 183–184, 188–189, 195, 199

evidence missing in death of, 34–35, 49–50, 52

father of, 111, 114–115, 143, 157, 158, 231–232

funeral of, 54–56

hair and, 180–181, 350

health problems of, 7
n
, 236, 350, 373, 405–407, 411, 413, 419–420, 421–422, 425, 428, 453

institutionalization of, 363–364

Kennedys feared by, 18, 46, 456, 460

last photographs of, 16, 32

live performances by, 242–243, 409, 410–411

marriages of,
see
DiMaggio, Joe; Dougherty, James; Miller, Arthur; Slatzer, Robert

miscarriages of, 308, 322

modeling experiences of, 155, 161–162, 176–177, 180–181, 184

molestation of, 119–121, 127, 442

motherhood and, 203–204, 303, 304, 307–308, 310, 316, 320

mother of,
see
Eley, Gladys Monroe Baker

name changed to, 66, 189–190, 193

Neva-Cal Lodge weekend of, 415–416, 439–444

nightmares and “night terrors” of, 129–130, 159, 363–364, 451

nude modeling of, 219, 220, 234–235

in orphanage, 120, 127–130, 382

overdoses of, 312–313, 323, 355

political views of, 202, 283, 392–393, 395, 402

religion and, 215, 285

reviews of, 211, 234, 247, 265, 296, 306, 363

sex and, 146, 147

sister of,
see
Miracle, Berniece Baker

suicidal behavior of, 30–31, 226, 361, 363

telephone and, 44, 311, 366, 374, 441, 451

telephone calls on night of death of, 10, 12–13, 21, 22–23, 45–49, 86, 87, 88, 93, 100, 102, 459–461

telephone calls to the Kennedys by, 45, 59–60, 70, 359, 365, 435–436, 444, 450

toxicology reports on, 31, 33–34, 41–43, 73

Monroe, Marion, 134

Monroe, Olive, 133–134

Monroe, Otis Elmer, 107, 108, 109

Monsky, Mark, 457

Montand, Yves:

affair between MM and, 329, 338–341, 350, 361

Let's Make Love
and, 335–338

performances by, 327–328, 338

Montgomery, Robert H., Jr., 306, 325

Moore, Terry, 238–239, 392, 420

Moran, Chuckie, 137

Moran, Earl, 180

Morath, Inge, 352, 362

Moriarty, Evelyn, 350, 418

Mortensen, Martin Edward, 114

Mosby, Aline, 235

Motion Picture Herald
, 211

Mr. President
, 444–445, 450

Muir, Florabel, 50, 84

Murder One
(Kilgallen), 448
n

Murray, Churchill, 165, 228, 385, 394–395, 435

Murray, Don, 272, 279–280

Murray, Eunice, 36, 74, 99, 394

book written by, 12, 101

changed statements about MM's death from, 89–91, 94–95, 100, 455, 458

communism and, 163, 165, 228

on day of MM's death, 4–8, 10–13, 15, 18, 19–23, 46, 81, 88,
101–102, 453, 456, 458, 461–462

Greenson's contact with, 174–175, 380–382

after MM's death, 54, 55, 56, 58–59, 62

MM and, 400, 406, 416–417, 420, 430–431, 435, 446, 451

MM observed for Greenson by, 386–387, 394, 421, 436, 449, 454, 456, 459

work for MM done by, 382, 391, 417, 445

Murray, John M.:

and communism, 163–165

Greenson and, 228, 330, 382

and World War II, 174, 175

Murray, Patricia, 164, 228

Murrow, Edward R., 253

My Favorite Wife
, 388

My Story
(Exner), 345

 

Naar, Joe and Dolores, 21, 47–49, 86, 87, 459, 461

National Concert Artists, 183

National Football League, 64, 224

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 164, 165

Navy, U.S., 51

NBC-TV News, 457

Neary, John, 458
n

Negulesco, Jean, 239

Neill, Frank, 455

Nelson, Sam, 318

Nembutal (pentobarbital), 7, 27–28, 30, 33, 41–43, 68, 75

Neuman, Bob, 81, 359

Newcomb, Carmen Adams, 276

Newcomb, Margaret Patricia, 55, 344

background of, 276, 277

Bus Stop
and, 277–278

on day of MM's death, 10, 13–14, 15, 18, 19–20, 22, 77, 80, 85, 86–87, 88, 101, 452, 454, 456, 458, 462

drugs and, 360, 417, 421

JFK and, 346

after MM's death, 57–58, 62, 74, 99

as MM's publicity rep, 277–278, 359–360, 362, 373, 376, 409, 413–414, 429, 449–450

RFK and, 64, 66, 360, 392, 421, 441, 454, 456

Newsweek
, 358

New York Daily Mirror
, 254

New York Daily News
, 50, 258

New York Herald-Tribune
, 9–10, 18, 49, 58

New York Journal-American
, 19, 258, 447

New York Post
, 94–95, 100

New York Times
, 265, 296, 345, 383
n

New York World-Telegram
, 234, 258

Niagara
, 11, 237

Nixon, Richard, 66, 357–358, 383
n

Noguchi, Thomas, 7
n

inconsistancies noted by, 28, 29–31, 40, 42, 75, 77
n
, 95

MM's autopsy by, 25–31, 33–35, 68, 89

Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe
(Guiles), 66–67

Norwalk Mental Hospital, 121

Novak, Kim, 206, 392, 423

 

O'Casey, Sean, 61

Odets, Clifford, 201, 228, 234, 281, 282, 369

O'Donnell, Kenny, 359, 399, 400, 447

O'Doul, Frank “Lefty,” 242

Office of Naval Intelligence, 152

Olivier, Laurence, 139

acting technique of, 293

MM's distrust of, 295–296, 299

Prince and the Showgirl
and, 267–268, 289–298, 301–302, 306

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 53, 57, 68, 244, 299, 346, 410

MM's opinion of, 326, 329, 444–445

Sinatra disliked by, 378

One, Two, Three
, 321

Organized Crime Intelligence Division (OCID), 36

Osborne, John, 297

Otash, Fred, 91, 92–94, 95, 100, 445–446, 457, 458
n

 

Papp, Joe, 201, 202

Paris-Match
, 286, 341, 449

Parker, William, 3, 47, 44, 49, 50–52, 64, 70, 71, 91, 97, 455

Hamilton and, 223–224, 277

RFK and, 64, 346

Parsons, Louella, 200, 230

Pataki, Ron, 17, 45, 447–448

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