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Marilyn Monroe's Funeral

Westwood Memorial Park, Hollywood

Pinkerton Agency detectives protect the coffin of film star and actress Marilyn Monroe, who died August 5, 1962. Monroe was buried at Westwood Memorial Park, Hollywood. The orphanage where Monroe lived as a child was not far from the memorial park.
1962 Marilyn Monroe Funeral

Marilyn Monroe's coffin guarded at her funeral, August 13, 1962

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