Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe

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Summary: This book is completely false!!!!!!
Review: After reading Donald Spoto's biography on Marilyn Monroe, I found out that everything in this book is completely false. Slatzer only met Monroe once, during the filming of Niagra, asked to have his picture taken with her, and that was the end of it. His claims that they were married, among other things, only surfaced after her death, in fact more than a decade later. All personal records of Marilyn do not show anything about her having any other contact with the author. Slatzer has made a fortune off of this book that has all false information in it. I do not recommend supporting him by buying it.

Rating:
Summary: This book is completely false!!!!!!
Review: After reading Donald Spoto's biography on Marilyn Monroe, I found out that everything in this book is completely false. Slatzer only met Monroe once, during the filming of Niagra, asked to have his picture taken with her, and that was the end of it. His claims that they were married, among other things, only surfaced after her death, in fact more than a decade later. All personal records of Marilyn do not show anything about her having any other contact with the author. Slatzer has made a fortune off of this book that has all false information in it. I do not recommend supporting him by buying it.

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Summary: A Must Have for Marilyn Fans
Review: I cannot say enough about this book. Starting his investigation the day after her death, Robert Slatzer is a wonderful friend of Marilyn's. Very indepth. A perfect companion to this book is The Marilyn Files also by Robert Slatzer.

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Summary: A Must Have for Marilyn Fans
Review: I cannot say enough about this book. Starting his investigation the day after her death, Robert Slatzer is a wonderful friend of Marilyn's. Very indepth. A perfect companion to this book is The Marilyn Files also by Robert Slatzer.

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Summary: interesting...
Review: When I finished this book, I truly believed that Marilyn Monroe was murdered (I pretty much believed that anyway). However, I didn't believe some of Slatzer's other claims, such as: he was Marilyn's best friend and confidant all through her career; that they were secretly married in Mexico and only annulled it because of Zanuck's insistence; and that he had privileged information regarding the infamous "red diary." (Interestingly, a book by another supposed career-long friend/lover, Ted Jordan, directly contradicts some of Bob's statements, and Ted also claims to have been her secret special boyfriend during the same time and to have knowledge of the diary in a similar way.) I am grateful for the amount of research Bob put into the mystery of her death, because he does make it hard to believe that she committed suicide. But by bragging non-stop about his intense relationship with Marilyn, he makes his other, more important assertions harder to believe. An important book for fans, but take with a grain of salt!

Rating:
Summary: interesting...
Review: When I finished this book, I truly believed that Marilyn Monroe was murdered (I pretty much believed that anyway). However, I didn't believe some of Slatzer's other claims, such as: he was Marilyn's best friend and confidant all through her career; that they were secretly married in Mexico and only annulled it because of Zanuck's insistence; and that he had privileged information regarding the infamous "red diary." (Interestingly, a book by another supposed career-long friend/lover, Ted Jordan, directly contradicts some of Bob's statements, and Ted also claims to have been her secret special boyfriend during the same time and to have knowledge of the diary in a similar way.) I am grateful for the amount of research Bob put into the mystery of her death, because he does make it hard to believe that she committed suicide. But by bragging non-stop about his intense relationship with Marilyn, he makes his other, more important assertions harder to believe. An important book for fans, but take with a grain of salt!