The Life & Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe

by Robert F. Saltzer and Robert F. Slatzer

Book Overview

The curious death of Marilyn Monroe This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0523418590
• ISBN13: 9780523418599
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Best Marilyn book I have ever read

This was written by Marilyn Monroe's best friend and confidante. The book clearly shows that Marilyn was murdered, with believable evidence, autopsy reports and documented conversations from wiretaps. I don't know why people doubt Bob Slatzer's claim that he was close to Marilyn. Just because Marilyn wasn't public about their relationship, for whatever reason, doesn't mean that it didn't exist. Recently I stumbled upon a tabloid magazine from the 50's with an article about Marilyn and Bob Slatzer's affair. Maybe it was a secret because it was an affair. Bob Slatzer was portrayed in this article as Marilyn's secret lover, and apparently it was going on at a time when she was with Bob DiMaggio, so it makes sense that it was kept undercover, (no pun intended). It was undoubtedly true if back then, the paparazzi discovered the affair and published it in a 1950's tabloid magazine with photographs of them together. Marilyn was probably the one that wouldn't or couldn't go public with this relationship and Bob probably wanted the world to know,....and he did after Marilyn had nothing to lose. Their affair might have been short lived, but their friendship lived on. Bob writes this book knowing things only a best friend could know and shares these parts of Marilyn's personality with whomever reads the book. The book unravels the mystery of her death in a way that is so clear, that after having read the book, I have no doubts about what happened in the end. Bob tells the facts and lets you figure it out for yourself. This is the best Marilyn book out there. It is a keeper about the life and death of Marilyn Monroe.

An excellent and informative book!

I knew Robert Slatzer and met Marilyn Monroe on several occasions, and contrary to biased opinion, Slatzer's friendship with Marilyn endured from 1946 until her death. He was a true gentleman, and an honest man. I found "The Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe" to be a factual, fascinating book.

This book should be PUBLISHED AGAIN!

Robert F Slatzer's THE LIFE AND CURIOUS DEATH OF MARILYN MONROE was the first book to DETAIL all arguments against the claim that Marilyn died by her own hand. I read this book as a kid and find myself re-reading it every now and then because Slatzer's research was CRUCIAL, in that he was ON THE CASE as soon as Marilyn died. He took a lot through the years, trying to clear her name, but he never stopped trying. Over time, Slatzer's revelations were criticized, laughed at and people on the web went out of their ways to knock him off the Marilyn map, but the revelations proved to be accurate: The Freedom of Information act and declassification of relevant documents PROVED Robert F. Slatzer had done an EXCELLENT job in making a case to clear Marilyn's name. He called for the re-opening of the case - but as we know, this was not going to happen because the truth would involve global mechanisms that are still present today. Slatzer came as close though, as anyone could, to getting the case reopened. People forget that this book was not just an argument to prove murder, but an EFFORT to find Marilyn INNOCENT of the crime she has been charged with. What person would NOT want to clear a friend's name? Readers and WEB-sters can knit-pick about whether or not the two were actually married, but many times in his book Slatzer acknowledges uncomfortable moments when he was with Marilyn and Joe D. was also present, and Joe had many years to debunk those remembraces - but DID NOT, leading me to believe that - indeed - Slatzer's relationship with Marilyn went beyond the (location) filming of NIAGRA. Also, through the years others were able to distance themslves from the fear of SPEAKING OUT about Marilyn, and their words have validated the EXPRESSIONS offered BY MARILYN to Slatzer in the conversations they had during her last weeks. These conversations are written about in the book and gave the first REAL glimpse of MARILYN the Human Being; her fears, her angers, her hopes for the future. The Press in Hollywood refused to write about Marilyn's relationships with The Brothers K., and Slatzer was a Newspaper Man living in Ohio at the time. How difficult is it to believe that she would turn to him at a time when she was scared and alone? Not very. In the end, it was Slatzer's connections that finally caused one (then) famous female columnist to hint at a RFK-MM relationship, but it was too late: Her Hollywood press had let her down and she died trying to save a career that was being calculatedly destroyed by executives and politicians so as to cover up some of their affairs with her. THE LIFE AND CURIOUS DEATH OF MARILYN MONROE offers the Reader more of the REAL MARILYN than any conveyor belt biography, hands down. Get It. Read It.

A Great Book

I have only recently re-read Slatzer's book. It was fascinating the first time I read it, and it is more fascinating today. Many of Slatzer's assertions about Marilyn and the Kennedys have proven to be true. This book is a classic and should be republished.

Compelling, Convincing

I read this book years ago and used to quote whole passages from it. The argument that Marilyn was murdered is very strong, and this book came out at a time when the murder/cover-up conspiracy argument was still considered alittle far-fetched.More information has come out since this book was published, such as her housekeeper admitting that Robert Kennedy HAD been to Marilyn's house the last day of her life. When Slatzer's book came out, the housekeeper was still denying it. But Slatzer had an eye witness account from a neighbor of Marilyn's who had seen Kennedy there that day. Time has only proven that Robert Slatzer was on the right path, as far as there being a cover-up. As for Marilyn being murdered, you be the judge.