Marilyn Monroe exhibit a fraud?

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Marilyn Monroe's Memory Defrauded in Long Beach - The Truth Is Here
February 06, 2006
By Mark Bellinghaus


Did you see that psychic on Entertainment Tonight in December, James Van Praagh? He had one of Marilyn Monroe's hair curlers -- it even had a Marilyn hair on it -- and this guy was listening to Marilyn talk to him right on the air. Spooky!

Those curlers are a highlight of "Marilyn Monroe, The Exhibit," a display that opened November 11, 2005, on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California; advertised as the largest private collection of Marilyn memorabilia ever assembled, a collection with the claimed worth of $10 million dollars.

But I have a small problem with those hair curlers: it took only the briefest Internet research and a call to Clairol to establish that they were first manufactured in 1974. Marilyn passed away in 1962. I wonder which dead blonde Van Praagh WAS talking to.

The hair curlers are not authentic and that "$10 million" exhibit isn't worth more than $25 to $30 thousand. The people behind the exhibit are not telling the truth.


The principals in this story are:
ROBERT W. OTTO, 56, President of Marilyn Monroe Exhibits;
MARK ROESLER, 46, head and founder of CMG licensing;
JUNE DiMAGGIO, 82, who claims to be a niece of Joe DiMaggio and a close friend of Marilyn;
MARY JANE POPP, 55 (?), actress, infomercial and radio host, she is helping June write her story;
HUGH HEFNER, 79, Mr. Playboy, he gives credit to Marilyn for his magazine's success, but threw her to the wolves.

Read the rest of the story here at Blogcritics. There's a lot more to the story, and if you have any interest in Marilyn, it's worth a gander.