Friday, January 6, 2012

Your happiness means my happiness.

On August 5th of 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her home. The next day, the following unsent and seemingly unfinished letter, addressed to ex-husband Joe DiMaggio was discovered at her desk, folded up in her address book. It is thought they were planning to remarry.


Transcript
Dear Joe,

If I can only succeed in making you happy — I will have succeeded in the bigest and most difficult thing there is — that is to make one person completely happy
Your happiness means my happiness.


Joe DiMaggio photographed at Marilyn Monroe's funeral by The Daily News, NY - August 9th 1962.

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