While enduring an overwhelming onslaught of attention from the public, Monroe reportedly struggled with her mental health.
Part of Monroe’s allure may lie in the dark reality she concealed beneath her glamorous persona.
While her adult years were riddled with challenges, few people knowthe tragic truth about Marilyn Monroe’schildhood.
Baker placed her 2-week-old daughter in foster care.
Throughout her childhood, Monroe lived in over 10 different foster homes.
She ended this journey with foster care at an orphanage.
So then I was taken to another place, so that’s why there were so many."
It’s clear that rejection and loneliness painted Marilyn Monroe’s childhood with hurt and difficulty.
By adulthood, she was drowning in love and desire from strangers worldwide.
Through make-believe circumstances, Monroe could recreate her life.
In the course of this work, Monroe was briefly institutionalized.
At 36, Marilyn Monroe died from an alleged suicide overdose.
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