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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Patrick Daly

Is the Marilyn Monroe Netflix epic Blonde based on true events?

Marilyn Monroe continues to transfix Hollywood even 60 years after the blonde bombshell’s death.

Only 36 years old when she died, the actress — whose real name was Norma Jean — was part of a series of iconic moments that continue to be imitated even today.

Just ask reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who showed up to the Met Gala this year in the nude-coloured crystal-covered silk gown that Monroe notoriously wore to serenade President J F Kennedy on his birthday in 1962.

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