The Murder of Marilyn Monroe (13 page)

August 5, 1962—MM lies on a stretcher inside a hearse following the removal of her body from 12305 Fifth Helena Drive. (Associated Press)

August 5, 1962—MM’s body arrives at the Westwood Village Mortuary. (United Press International)

August 5, 1962—MM’s housekeeper, Eunice Murray, is helped into the driver’s seat of her green Dodge by son-in-law Norman Jefferies, MM’s handyman, as she leaves the Monroe home following the movie star’s death. (Associated Press)

August 5, 1962—A police officer points to an assortment of medicine bottles on MM’s bedside table. Police said a sleeping pill bottle was empty. (Associated Press)

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August 5, 1962—Gene Anthony photographed his wife outside MM’s house. A couple of dog toys belonging to Maltese terrier Maf—a gift from Frank Sinatra—can be seen near the edge of the swimming pool at right. (Associated Press)

August 5, 1962—MM publicist Pat Newcomb is intercepted by a reporter as she departs 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Mrs. Murray’s green Dodge following the movie star’s death. (United Press International)

On August 7, 1962, it was announced that MM’s funeral service would take place at Westwood Village Memorial Chapel the following day and that, due to limited space, no celebrities were to be invited. The exception was MM’s second husband Joe DiMaggio, who’d attend alongside relatives and close friends. (United Press International)

August 7, 1962—The mausoleum at LA’s Westwood Village Memorial Park where MM’s body would be interred on the following afternoon. (Associated Press)

August 8, 1962—Curious members of the public take a look at MM’s crypt. (Associated Press)

August 8, 1962—MM’s former business manager, Inez Melson, arrives at the funeral service. (Associated Press)

August 8, 1962—Four pallbearers hold MM’s casket (L-R): hairstylist Sydney Guilaroff, makeup man Allan “Whitey” Snyder, funeral director Allan Abbott, and Abbott’s business partner Ron Hast. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images)

August 1, 1963—People pay their respects to MM as the first anniversary of her death approaches. Twice a week fresh red roses would be placed beside her crypt as a perpetual remembrance from Joe DiMaggio. (United Press International)