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During her all-too-brief life, Marilyn Monroe overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the world's biggest and most enduring sex symbols. During her career, Monroe's films grossed more than $200 million. Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962, at only 36 years old.
After a brief investigation, Los Angeles police concluded that her death was âcaused by a self-administered overdose of sedative drugs and that the mode of death is probable suicide.â. Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926.