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Orson Welles cast Eartha Kitt as Helen of Troy in the year 1950
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This is transgender actress Candy Darling in the early 1970s. Despite the setbacks, she was determined to be a big star, but lymphoma cut her life short at age 29.
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Frida Kahlo painting in bed (1930s-40s). Frida was impaled and fractured her spine, ribs, collarbone, and pelvis during a bus accident at 18, and spent much of her life bedridden and in severe pain. After the accident, a mirror was attached to the canopy of her bed and she started to paint herself.
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Candy Darling was an openly transgender actress in the early 1970s. Despite the setbacks, she was determined to be a big star, but lymphoma cut her life short at age 29. Lou Reed's song Take a Walk on the Wild Side is about her.
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Marilyn Monroe's home, photographed as she left it in 1962. All this decor and items are hers.
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Marilyn Monroe with some kids in 1952. This week a Times reporter was given access to the previously unheard full recordings of Monroe's last interview. He reports that she pleaded with the interviewer twice to print a statement about kinship across race and class. Her wishes were ignored.
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Sammy Davis Jr throws a party (1954). Sammy had just lost his eye in a car accident and had to wear an eyepatch, so others joined in. You may recognize some other famous faces.
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A private note written by Marilyn Monroe, worrying that she may have lost another pregnancy. Could I have killed it?... What shall I do? If it is alive I want to keep it!
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Marilyn Monroe before and after her hollywood makeover
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Marilyn Monroe (before she was a big name) auditioning for a play at the Players Ring Theater in LA, 1950. She didn't get the role.
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Rare color photos from Marilyn Monroe's funeral (1962). The service was extremely private with crowds kept away by police. These photos were taken by a young photographer who jumped the fence.
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