Saturday, November 1, 2008

Hollywood's Tragic Blondes photoshots

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This photograph released by the Brooklyn Museum of Art, titled "Marilyn on the Beach, 1949," is part of a show opening at the museum Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. The picture by an unknown photographer is one of more than 200 Marilyn Monroe pictures from 39 photographers - including luminaries such as Richard Avedon, Gordon Parks, Robert Frank and Andy Warhol - in the museum's new exhibit, "I Want to Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe." (AP Photo/Brooklyn Museum of Art)
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Playboy model and actress Anna Nicole Smith is shown in this Dec. 1994 photo. On February 8, 2007, Smith was found unresponsive in room 607 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. On March 31, 2007, TMZ.com reported that FOX News anchor Greta Van Susteren acquired paperwork from Dr. Joshua Perper's office that indicated 8 of the 11 drugs in Anna Nicole Smith's system, including the chloral hydrate, were prescribed to Howard K. Stern, not Anna Nicole.
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In this undated photo released by Playboy, Anna Nicole Smith poses as she is photographed for Playboy Magazine. Hugh Hefner's Playboy will offer three upcoming Smith tributes: a 10-page pictorial in the magazine's May issue, an hour long retrospective onthe Playboy Channel and an online memorial on Playboy.com. (AP Photo/Playboy)
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Monroe was found dead by her housekeeper on August 5, 1962. Her death was ruled as an overdose of sleeping pills. Questions remain about the circumstances and timeline of housekeeper Eunice Murray's discovery of Monroe's body. Also, some conspiracy theories involve John and Robert Kennedy. The official cause of her death was "probable suicide".
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Marilyn Monroe with her white dress billowing around her thighs is seen in this September 1954 file picture during filming of "The Seven Year Itch". The actress who died aged 36 would have celebrated her 80th birthday on Thursday June 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman)
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Actress Lana Turner, shown in this 1985 file photo died Thursday June 29, 1995. On-screen, she was well-known for the glamour and sensuality she brought to almost all her movie roles. Off-screen, she led a stormy and colourful private life which includedseven husbands, numerous lovers, and a famous murder scandal. She died rather suddenly at the age of 74 in 1995 of complications from throat cancer, which was diagnosed in 1992 and which she had been battling ever since.
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Actress Lana Clarkson is shown in this undated publicity photo. Acclaimed music producer Phil Spector was arrested Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, for investigation of murder after police found Clarkson shot to death at his castle-like mansion, authorities said. Spector, 62, was freed Monday night after posting $1 million bond. (AP Photo/Courtesy Ray Cavaleri)
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Actress Lana Clarkson is shown in this undated publicity photo. Acclaimed music producer Phil Spector was arrested Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, for investigation of murder after police found Clarkson shot to death at his castle-like mansion, authorities said. Spector, 62, was freed Monday night after posting $1 million bond. (AP Photo/Courtesy Ray Cavaleri)
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Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield are seen at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles in this Jan 31 1957 file photo. Hargitay was an actor and world champion bodybuilder who was married to 1950s sex siren Jayne Mansfield. Mansfield was married three times, divorced twice, and had five children. After an evening engagement at the Gus Stevens Supper Club in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mansfield along with her children Mikl?s, Zoltan, and Mariska, set out to New Orleans, where Mansfield was to appear in an early morning television interview. On June 29, at approximately 2:25 a.m, the car crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer that had slowed down because of a truck spraying mosquito fogger. The automobile struck the rear of the semi tractor and underrode it. Riding in the front seat, the adults were killed instantly; the children - riding in the rear - survived with minor injuries.

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