Death has done nothing to diminish the larger-than-life image of Marilyn Monroe.
The eternal Hollywood sexpot — gone now a half-century — remains all tousled blond hair and soft red lips, the voice still breathless and the curves still breathtaking.
“She is as iconic and celebrated as she was 50 years ago,” said Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who helped create the mythic Monroe by making her the first Playmate of the Month centerfold. “Her fame is undying.”
When the 50th anniversary of the head-turning bombshell’s demise arrived Sunday, Monroe was entrenched as a pop culture presence: Part fantasy, part mystery, part tragedy.
If the broken blonde actress had somehow survived, she would have turned 86 on June 1 — the day her star was rededicated on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Her final resting place in Westwood, Calif., remains a popular stop for tourists and fans, most born after her nude body was found lifeless in the bed of her California home on Aug. 5, 1962.
The oft-contested coroner’s verdict: “Probable suicide.”
Marilyn Monroe was indisputably gone. But she was certainly never forgotten.
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