Rare Facts You Never Knew About Marilyn Monroe

Across State Lines

in 1942, Doc Goddard was relocated to West Virginia. Due to child protection laws in California at the time, the Goddards were not legally permitted to remove Norma from the state. She either had to return to the orphanage or find another way to stay in the state, so she figured out a solution. She got married at age 16 to her 21-year-old neighbor. 

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