A new biography reveals that Marilyn Monroe underwent an abortion weeks before dying
At that time, the actress had an intense relationship with Robert Bobby Kennedy, brother of the former president of the United States
Researchers seem not to want to let Marilyn Monroe, one of the best-known sexual icons of the 1960s, rest in peace. So this week a new biography by Fred Lawrence Giles will be released revealing that the actress she underwent a voluntary abortion in July 1962, a few weeks before her suicide.
Titled "Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe", the work (the content of which has been provided exclusively to "The Daily Beast" before its publication) shows testimonies from all around her, including her two husbands, James E. Dougherty, and Arthur Miller; hers, her acting teacher, Lee Strasberg or film directors who worked with her such as Otto Preminger, John Huston or Billy Wilder. However, what has attracted the most attention in this new biography is that the author reveals that Monroe underwent an abortion a few weeks before her death (on August 4, 1962) and that the child she was expecting could be the result of the relationship he had then with the then president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, or with his brother, Robert Bobby. "Throughout the month of July, Marilyn made frequent phone calls to the Justice Building in Washington, and when Bobby was out of the office, her secretary, Angie Novello, spoke to her," the book states.
In 2015, a study on her person stated that the young woman had an intense relationship with Robert Bobby Kennedy, brother of the former US president, and that he was assassinated in 1968. The news, which had always been considered a legend until that moment, it is part of a book produced by researcher and writer James Neff and entitled "Vendetta."
“It had been three months since her last intimate encounter with President Kennedy, and only a few weeks since the last time with her brother. It would have been easy to assume that the baby she aborted was a Kennedy, but she was also seeing other men in spring and summer, "you can read in the advance of the new biography. A work in which Arthur P. Jacobs, head of communication for the then president, also participates, who assures that Marilyn Monroe went on July 20, 1968 to the Cedars of Lebano Hospital (Los Angeles), where she remained hospitalized for a few days.
Ten days later, the actress contacted Bobby Kennedy, but “there is no way of knowing if she ever told him that he had terminated a pregnancy. What we do know is that she seemed to sink into a deep depression. At the beginning of July, Dr. Greenson had begun to see her daily and would continue to do so until her death.
Secret love
Apparently, Monroe met Bob (who was married to Ethel) in February 1962, during a dinner in her honor in front of the beach in Santa Monica. The singer drank too much that day, so Bob and her assistant, Ed Guthman, offered to drive her to her home. She was so drunk that Kennedy had to put her in her bed and, although nothing happened, the president's brother fell in love with her. This fire was rekindled during John's birthday party and the famous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President."
From that moment, and during the three months that Monroe remained alive (he died in August), the author affirms that the two saw each other briefly over and over again, and in those encounters the "sexual chemistry" that existed between them was tested. .
The day before her suicide, as revealed in this new biography, the actress “went to her favorite restaurant, La Scala, with a couple of friends and, according to at least one source, Bobby Kennedy, who was in California with his family, "and he adds," Bobby had been an important part of his love life for two and a half months. Marilyn had drifted into an unrealistic view of the situation, believing that Bobby was available to her in some way. Now the Kennedy clan was pushing her to return to her place. If she was feeling that the possibility of a really serious relationship with Bobby was slipping away, that would help explain her bad mood that Friday night. "
