1. The Months Leading up to Marilyn’s Death: Year 1962

2. January
Late January
-Marilyn bought a small Spanish hacienda in Brentwood, CA
-She then hired Eunice Murray as her housekeeper because her doctor, Ralph Greenson, urged her to

3. February February 1 -Attended a dinner in honor of Robert Kennedy
-Moved into new home in Brentwood
-Flew to Mexico with housekeeper to buy furniture and artifacts to decorate and furnish her new home

4. March
March 5
-Won Golden Globe Award for “World’s Favorite Female Star”

5. April
April 23
-Began filming work
on “Something’s
Got to Give”

6. May
May 17
-Left for New York for President John F. Kennedy’s birthday celebration
May 18
-Received breach-of-contract notice from FOX for her failure to work (showing up late, missing sessions, etc.)she becomes furious
May 19
-Sings “Happy Birthday” and “Thanks For the Memory” at JFK’s birthday party at Madison Square Garden **

7. June June 1 -Marilyn’s 36th birthday -Last day of work for FOX
-Final public appearance
June 7
-FOX fires her
June 9
-Saturday newspapers show director of “Something’s Got to Give” with Marilyn’s replacement, actress, Lee Remick
June 22
-Appeared on cover of “Life” magazine for last time

8. June con’t.
June 23
-Began first of three photo sessions for Vogue with Bert Stern
June 28
-Negotiations resumed with FOX about “Something’s Got to Give”-she was rehired
June 29
-Spent three days with photographer, George Barris, shooting for Cosmopolitan

9. July
July 1
-Last day of photo shoots with George Barris for Cosmopolitan
July 4-5, 7, 9
-Began interview with Richard Merryman, her last interview
July 6
-Photo shoot with Allan Grant for Life magazine
July
-Finished the three photo sessions she had with Bert Stern for Vogue
-Sees Dr. Ralph Greenson daily

10. July con’t. July 12 -Meets FOX studio chiefs July 20
-Enters hospital at Cedars of Lebanon for abortion
July 28
-Stayed at Cal-Neva Lodge for the weekend

11. August
August 1
-FOX replaced former director of “Something’s Got to Give”, George Cukor, with Jean Negulesco Marilyn’s ecstatic because she directed her in “How to Marry a Millionaire” which was a hit
-FOX signed new contract with her, giving her a $250,000/picture salary-twice her current salary
August 3
-Had dinner with personal publicist, Pat Newcomb, and Peter Lawford in Beverly Hills
August 4
-Had a six-hour sessions with Dr. Greenson

12. August con’t. August 5 -Police were called to Marilyn’s Brentwood home
Official day of death: cause by probable accidental suicide
August 8
-Marilyn’s funeral took placed at Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery

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