Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was famous for playing "blonde bombshell" characters in the 1950s and early 1960s; she also became an emblem of society's shifting attitudes toward sex and sexuality. Monroe committed suicide by ingesting a fatal amount of barbituates. Prior to her death, Monroe's doctors said that she had been ""prone to severe fears and frequent depressions" with "abrupt and unpredictable mood changes." They also claimed that Monroe had overdosed a number of times in the past.
In the decades following her death, many conspiracy theories have speculated that Monroe was murdered. Despite this, no evidence of foul play was ever found.
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