Marilyn Monroe predicted her own death
Few deaths have struck Hollywood quite as hard as Marilyn Monroe’s. The blonde bombshell death by overdose in 1962 was officially ruled as suicide, but many believe there to be more to the story.
Now, a new biography Dinner with DiMaggio: Memories of an American Hero might’ve just confirmed it, claiming Monroe told husband Joe DiMaggio she knew eventually someone would “do her in.” That someone, DiMaggio believed, was one of the Kennedys.
“I always knew who killed her, but I didn't want to start a revolution in this country,” DiMaggio allegedly told author Dr Rock Positano. “I'll go to the grave regretting and blaming myself for what happened to her.”
“The whole lot of Kennedys were lady-killers, and they always got away with it. They'll be getting away with it a hundred years from now.”
DiMaggio and Monroe, who married in January 1954, announced their divorce just nine months later, with the latter citing the famed baseball player’s “mental cruelty” as the cause of their split. However, the book reveals the issue of children may have been the main force driving them to divorce.
“Joe wanted kids with Marilyn, and Marilyn wanted to reward him with a family,” the book reads. “In Italian terms, sex meant kids. Great sex meant great kids. Marilyn gave goddess sex, but no kids.”
Despite their split, DiMaggio never stopped caring for Monroe. “He felt that she was very vulnerable and very sweet and that it was very easy for people to take advantage of her.”
Until his death in 1999, DiMaggio reportedly sent roses to Monroe’s grave every week, and it’s believed his dying words were, “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn.”