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Marilyn Monroe in a perilous slide from fame to pills
In a sharp profile by Maurice Zolotov, Marilyn Monroe is portrayed as restless and fearful, using pills and alcohol to cope with fame and fear. The piece traces her grim childhood, her rise as a star, and a decades-long dependency on barbiturates that warped her emotions, relationships, and work, detailing nightly pill counts and hospitalizations.
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Maurice Zolotov
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn
Billy Wilder
Iles Impact
Los Angeles General Hospital
Gladys Baker
Edward Mortenson
Baker
Norma Jeane Morten
Norma Jean Baker
Bolenders
Searle
Los Angeles
el Centro
Hollywood
Orphan Home
Margaret Ingram
Herody
Iate
20Th Century Fox
New York
Newton
Milltown
Whitey Snyder