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🗓️ 22 April 2023
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On today’s Saturday Matinee: Marilyn Monroe’s place in history is likely fixed in part due to the mystery of her death. What really happened? Accident? Suicide? Murder?
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0:00.0 | There are more ways than ever to listen to History Daily ad-free. |
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0:20.5 | When asked about the lyrics he contributed to the iconic Elton John song, |
0:24.5 | Candle and the Wind, Bernie Taupin said, |
0:27.2 | I think the biggest misconception about this song is that I was this rabid Marilyn Monroe |
0:31.6 | fanatic, which really couldn't be further from the truth. It's not that I didn't have respect for her. |
0:36.0 | It's just that the song could just as easily have been about James Dean or Jim Morrison, |
0:40.5 | Kurt Cobain, Sylvia Plath or Virginia Woolf. I mean basically anybody, any writer, actor, |
0:46.1 | actress or musician who died young and sort of became this iconic picture of Dorian Gray, |
0:51.1 | that thing where they simply stopped aging. It's a beauty frozen in time. |
0:55.8 | I believe Bernie, when he says that, except that song was about Marilyn Monroe. |
1:00.4 | She and her early death captured the public imagination like few others, |
1:04.5 | likely much more than James Dean, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Sylvia Plath or Virginia Woolf. |
1:10.0 | I mean Andy Warhol made portraits of both Marilyn and James Dean, |
1:13.9 | but which one can you see best in your mind's eye? |
1:17.3 | Marilyn's place in history is likely fixed in part due to the mystery of her death. |
1:21.6 | What really happened was that an accident, suicide or murder. |
1:25.7 | On today's Saturday, Matt and I, the podcast History Uncovered tries to sort through all of it. |
1:30.6 | History Uncovered explores the uncharted corners of the world, |
1:33.8 | bringing you surprising secrets about topics you thought you knew well to incredible stories |
1:38.3 | that didn't make the history books. I hope you enjoy. And while you're listening, |
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