In his illuminating fascinating book Keith Badman finally uncovers the truth about the icons last years. It was a tough time
- one in which the stars increasingly erratic behaviour & dependence on alcohol & medication plunged her glittering movie career into drastic decline. Meticulously researched the book reveals precisely how Monroe died at just thirty-six years of age & shines a light on the suspicious delays on the night of her overdose
- delays that indicate a cover up. He discovers new details about her rekindled relationship with Joe Di Maggio & the horrendous weekend she spent at Frank Sinatras Cal-Nevada lodge as well as why Fox refused to let her finish her final movie Somethings Got to Give & her distress at being imprisoned at the Payne Witney psychiatric hospital. Drawing on private previously unpublished itineraries & original eye-witness accounts Badman sheds new light on Marilyns involvement with John & Bobby Kennedy & ends a six-decade-old mystery by telling the precise date of her first encounter with the President. The Final Years of Marilyn Monroe features a deluge of stories of which even the most die-hard fan will be unaware.