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...exhume dead celebrities. Meriwether Lewis, of the pair of famous Northwest explorers, is the latest to be marked for elevation. He joins a lengthening list that includes President Zachary Taylor, the parents of Lizzie Borden, John Wilkes Booth, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Marilyn Monroe and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion...
...upcoming book, Jack and Jackie: Portrait of an American Marriage, celebrity biographer Christopher Andersen reveals that Marilyn Monroe was frisky indeed on the evening she delivered her breathy rendition of Happy Birthday to J.F.K. At a party for him later that night, Monroe headed for a window to do a striptease for government sharpshooters stationed on a roof nearby. That's patriotism, Demi Moore...
...collection, which Sotheby's thinks will bring in between $18,000 and $27,000, will be offered in 17 lots, each containing as many as 433 covers. Only one lot contains a single cover: that of Marilyn Monroe, which is expected to fetch as much as $1,500. Jackie Kennedy might have been promising were it not for the suspicion that in her case the cover was signed by a White House secretary...
...MYTH OF MARILYN...
Actress Mira Sorvino was very perceptive to observe that Marilyn Monroe's dumb-blond persona was just a facade [PEOPLE, April 8]. When I was a young resident physician, I had the pleasure of meeting Marilyn and playing a role in her medical care. Not only was she a kind and compassionate woman, but she was also highly intelligent and interested in a wide variety of subjects. One example: she asked about a book I was reading by Albert Einstein, describing his philosophy of life. She borrowed it, read it and thoughtfully discussed it with me. I always liked...