Saturday, March 23, 2024

Marilyn Monroe - 1995

SA Sports Covers edition 95-023 - Josef Cyril artist #/50



Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson 1926 – 1962) American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. Long after her death, Monroe remains a pop culture icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her as the sixth-greatest female screen legend from the Golden Age of Hollywood

Joe DiMaggio married Marilyn Monroe at San Francisco City Hall on January 14, 1954. While Monroe and DiMaggio's marriage was brief and tumultuous, the world became captivated with the ultimate pairing of sports and cinema royalty



Many countries issued stamps in honor of Marilyn and Joe


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