Editing Marilyn Monroe (section)

== Death and funeral ==
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| caption1          = Monroe (third from left) with actors on the filming set of ''[[The Exterminating Angel]]'' during her visit to Mexico in February 1962, one of her last media appearances
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| caption2          = One of Monroe's last photoshoots by [[George Barris (photographer)|George Barris]], 23 days before [[Death of Marilyn Monroe|her death]], July 1962
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During her final months, Monroe lived at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her housekeeper [[Eunice R. Murray|Eunice Murray]] was staying overnight at the home on the evening of August&nbsp;4, 1962.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=574–577|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=410–411}} Murray woke at 3:00{{nbsp}}a.m. on August 5 and sensed that something was wrong. She saw light from under Monroe's bedroom door but was unable to get a response and found the door locked. Murray then called Monroe's psychiatrist [[Ralph Greenson]], who arrived at the house shortly after and broke into the bedroom through a window. He found a nude Monroe dead in her bed, covered by a sheet, with her hand clamped around a telephone receiver.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=574–577|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=410–411}} Monroe's physician, Hyman Engelberg, arrived at around 3:50{{nbsp}}a.m.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=574–577|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=410–411}} and pronounced her dead. At 4:25{{nbsp}}a.m., the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] was notified.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=574–577|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=410–411}}

Monroe died between 8:30&nbsp;p.m. and 10:30{{nbsp}}p.m. on August&nbsp;4;{{sfn|Banner|2012|p=411}} the [[toxicology]] report showed that the [[cause of death]] was [[Barbiturate overdose|acute barbiturate poisoning]]. She had 8&nbsp;[[milligram per cent|mg%]] ([[milligrams]] per 100 milliliters of solution) [[chloral hydrate]] and 4.5&nbsp;mg% of [[pentobarbital]] (Nembutal) in her blood, and 13&nbsp;mg% of pentobarbital in her liver.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=580–583|3a1=Banner|3y=2012|3pp=411–412|2a1=Churchwell|2y=2004|2p=302}} Empty medicine bottles were found next to her bed.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=580–583|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=411–412}} The possibility that Monroe had accidentally overdosed was ruled out because the dosages found in her body were several times the lethal limit.<ref name=tribunecoroner>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/08/18/page/1/article/marilyn-monroe-ruled-probable-suicide-victim|title=Marilyn Monroe Ruled 'Probable Suicide' Victim|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 18, 1962|access-date=October 21, 2015|first=Seymour|last=Kormam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310055232/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/08/18/page/1/article/marilyn-monroe-ruled-probable-suicide-victim/|archive-date=March 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:New York Mirror Front Page of August 6, 1962.jpeg|thumb|upright|left|alt=Front page of ''New York Daily Mirror'' on August 6, 1962. The headline is "Marilyn Monroe Kills Self" and underneath it is written: "Found nude in bed... Hand on phone... Took 40 Pills"|Front page of the ''[[New York Daily Mirror|New York Mirror]]'' on August&nbsp;6, 1962]]
The [[Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner|Los Angeles County Coroners Office]] was assisted in their investigation by the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Team, who had expert knowledge on suicide.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=580–583|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=411–412}} Monroe's doctors stated that she had been "prone to severe fears and frequent depressions" with "abrupt and unpredictable mood changes", and had overdosed several times in the past, possibly intentionally.<ref name=tribunecoroner />{{sfn|Banner|2012|pp=411–413}} From these facts and the lack of any indication of foul play, deputy coroner [[Thomas Noguchi]] classified her death as a probable suicide.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=580–583|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=411–413}} 

Monroe's sudden death was front-page news in the United States and Europe.{{sfn|Banner|2012|p=427}} According to historian [[Lois Banner]], "it's said that the suicide rate in Los Angeles doubled the month after she died; the circulation rate of most newspapers expanded that month",{{sfn|Banner|2012|p=427}} and the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reported that they had received hundreds of phone calls from members of the public requesting information about her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/08/06/page/1/article/marilyn-monroe-is-dead|title=Pill Death Secret Goes With Marilyn|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 6, 1962|access-date=September 23, 2015|first=Hedda|last=Hopper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307071651/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/08/06/page/1/article/marilyn-monroe-is-dead/|archive-date=March 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> French artist [[Jean Cocteau]] commented that her death "should serve as a terrible lesson to all those whose chief occupation consists of spying on and tormenting film stars", her former co-star Laurence Olivier deemed her "the complete victim of ballyhoo and sensation", and ''Bus Stop'' director [[Joshua Logan]] said that she was "one of the most unappreciated people in the world".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/22/specials/monroe-obit2.html|title=Brilliant Stardom and Personal Tragedy Punctuated the Life of Marilyn Monroe|work=The New York Times|date=August 6, 1962|access-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310145114/https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/22/specials/monroe-obit2.html|archive-date=March 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Grave stone of Marilyn Monroe at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, 1218 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, California LCCN2013632347.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Photo of Monroe's crypt, taken in 2005. "Marilyn Monroe, 1926–1962" is written on a plaque. The crypt has some lipstick prints left by visitors and flowers are placed in a vase attached to it.|Monroe's crypt at [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary|Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Westwood Village]]
Monroe's funeral, held at the [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] on August&nbsp;8, was private and attended by only her closest associates.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=594–597|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=427–428}} The service was arranged by DiMaggio, Miracle, and Monroe's business manager Inez Melson.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=594–597|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=427–428}} DiMaggio was the only one of her ex-husbands to attend.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Alexandra |first=Rae |date=January 10, 2024 |title=How Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio's Tumultuous Marriage Began in San Francisco |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922524/marilyn-monroe-joe-dimaggio-san-francisco-city-hall-wedding-1954 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=kqed.org |language=en}}</ref> He barred most of Hollywood from attending and believed that they held a responsibility for her death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaffney |first=Dennis |title=Joe Directs Marilyn's Funeral |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dimaggio-joe-directs-marilyns-funeral/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=[[PBS]] |language=en}}</ref> Hundreds of spectators crowded the streets around the cemetery.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=594–597|2a1=Banner|2y=2012|2pp=427–428}} Monroe was later entombed at the Corridor of Memories.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1919236_1919237_1919221,00.html|title=Top&nbsp;10 Celebrity Grave Sites: Marilyn Monroe|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=October 15, 2015|date=September 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119201501/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1919236_1919237_1919221%2C00.html|archive-date=November 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the following decades, several [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], including murder and accidental overdose, have been introduced to contradict suicide as the cause of Monroe's death.{{sfn|Churchwell|2004|pp=297–318, for different theories proposed by Spoto, Summers, Brown & Barham, and Donald Wolfe}} The speculation that Monroe had been murdered first gained mainstream attention with the publication of [[Norman Mailer]]'s ''[[Marilyn: A Biography]]'' in 1973, and in the following years became widespread enough for the [[Los Angeles County District Attorney]] [[John Van de Kamp]] to conduct a "threshold investigation" in 1982 to see whether a criminal investigation should be opened.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=605–606|2a1=Churchwell|2y=2004|2pp=88, 300}} No evidence of foul play was found.{{sfn|Spoto|2001|p=606}}