Marilyn Monroe's former Los Angeles home has been saved from demolition — temporarily, at least. The Hollywood legend's 1929 Spanish Colonial in Brentwood was on the chopping block to be demolished until the L.A. City Council rushed to save it.
The property, which features a guest house and swimming pool, was purchased in 2017 for $7.25m by Glory of the Snow LLC, then managed by a hedge fund executive, the Los Angeles Times reported. It was sold to the Glory of the Snow Trust for $8.35m earlier this year.
A few days later, it was temporarily saved, thanks to an L.A. City Council vote revoking the permit. Now, the recently formed Monroe Preservation Group are working to ensure it becomes a protected historic landmark — and they've made a significant discovery that could aid their cause.
75 percent of Monroe's intellectual property and estate were left to her acting coach, Lee Strasberg, and the remaining 25 percent was given to her New York psychiatrist Dr. Marianne Kris.
At 3:30am on August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe's psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Greenson, broke into her bedroom by smashing a window to find the actress dead in her bed, with an empty bottle of sleeping pills on her nightstand.
Marilyn Monroe's L.A. home saved from demolition, for now
Who owns the house Marilyn Monroe died in?
Iconic American actor Marilyn Monroe lived and died in the same home in Brentwood. In 2023, the home's new owner was listed as Glory of the Snow LLC. It is a company managed by Dan Lukas, who is an Emerald Lake hedge fund manager, and his wife Anne Jarmain.
5 -- Marilyn Monroe, one of the most famous stars in Hollywood's history, was found dead early today in the bedroom of her home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. She was 36 years old. Beside the bed was an empty bottle that had contained sleeping pills.
Lawford says that in "slurred" speech Monroe told him she was "tired and would not be coming" to dinner. Then, as her voice became less audible, she told him, "Say goodbye to Pat. Say goodbye to Jack [President Kennedy]. And say goodbye to yourself, because you're a nice guy."
How much money did Marilyn Monroe leave her mother?
“Over the years, the two of them did slowly develop a relationship.” When Monroe died in 1962, she left her mother $5,000 a year from a $100,000 trust fund.
Back in 2014, Emerald Lake hedge fund manager Dan Lukas and his wife Anne Jarmain paid $7.3 million for the Monroe estate, and have lived at the property in the years since.
Brinah Milstein Bank paid $8.4 million to tear down Monroe's famed residence. But following widespread criticism, she may have decided to forgo the demolition.
Celebrity Net Worth estimates Monroe's estate was worth around $800,000 at the time of her death which is around $7.8 million in 2022 adjusting for inflation. During her career, she earned little under $3 million ($24 million by today's economy) from film salary.
Monroe lies inside a tiny cemetery called Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park, in the Westwood neighbourhood near the heart of L.A. A sharp turn and sudden climb off the main road takes you to this quaint haven for the famous and not-so-famous.
Even today, Monroe is still the world's biggest sex symbol. Forbes reported that Monroe's likeness is used by nearly 100 brands around the world, including high-end fashion houses like Dolce & Gabbana. Her famous face is still her biggest money-maker, but her films still bring in cash to her estate.
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, at the Los Angeles General Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker (née Monroe; 1902–1984), was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico to a poor Midwestern family who migrated to California at the turn of the century.
Her first husband, James Dougherty, as well as Arthur Miller, her second, chose not to attend. And Marilyn=s mother, confined to a sanitarium, never learned of her daughter=s death.
Why did Marilyn Monroe look bruised when she died?
Lividity can mimic bruises. If she was found face down, or even on her side it would discolor her face. Post-mortem lividity is the pooling of the blood, caused by gravity, in the lower or dependent areas.
What was Marilyn Monroe wearing when she was buried?
Buried in a Green Pucci Dress: Marilyn is said to have been buried in the green Pucci dress she wore while in Mexico in February, 1962, shown below. From the book “Marilyn: The Last Months” by Eunice Murray: Eunice visited the house on Fifth Helena one more time before the funeral.
Why did Joe DiMaggio send roses to Marilyn's grave?
"I firmly believe," said Brad Dexter, "that all the years that [DiMaggio] made those visitations to her grave site and left flowers. . . he was still in love with her, but also [did it] out of a great sense of guilt.
Here's a fascinating fact: The name plate on the grave has to be replaced periodically, because the lipstick kiss marks that fans leave on it cause oxidation and wear over time! Marilyn Monroe's tomb is available for the public to see!
DiMaggio himself arranged for roses to be delivered to her crypt three times a week for the next 20 years. Those in attendance at the funeral included Frank Sinatra and his entourage, Monroe's co-star from Some Like It Hot Tony Curtis, her business partner Milton Greene, and actors Peter Lawford and Dean Martin.
She put $5,000 in a trust fund for the education of her assistant's child, and she left a $100,000 trust fund for her mother. 75 percent of Monroe's intellectual property and estate were left to her acting coach, Lee Strasberg, and the remaining 25 percent was given to her New York psychiatrist Dr. Marianne Kris.
Who was the man paid to be buried on Marilyn Monroe?
Richard Poncher's wife Elsie alleged to the Los Angeles Times that the local entrepreneur purchased the crypt above Monroe from her ex-husband Joe DiMaggio after their divorce. She alleged that Poncher later told her that he wanted to be buried face down above Monroe. He died in 1986 at age 81.
Below is a list of items in this collection that formerly belonged to Marilyn Monroe. These pieces include a prescription pill bottle and eye drops, a set of drinking glasses, her personal collection of film and gossip magazines, and even a light that hung in her Brentwood home.
