The indep.: the curse of M lives on
The indep.: the curse of M lives on
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The independent: an icon at 80
The independent: an icon at 80
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World news: an icon at 80
She had been born on one of the most promising days of any year, 1 june, with the whole summer laid out before her. it was 1 june, 1926 - the last full year of silent movies; a time when people were reading mrs dalloway and the professor's house by willa cather; it was the year when louis armstrong began his hot five and hot seven recordings. in other words, it wasn't just a long time ago, the past; it was a terrific now when the world seemed to be breaking out in wondrous new things. and norma jean mortenson was as bright and as pretty as any kid born in los angeles, california, the place on earth most addicted to hope. which means that marilyn monroe would have been 80 this 1 june. no,
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