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Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassisand Marilyn Monroe were anything but friends.
While much discussed, Monroe and Kennedy’s dalliance was never substantiated and surprisingly brief.
Monroe died on Aug. 5, 1962,her tragic lifeending at age 36.
Just over a year later, JFK was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963.
By the early 1970s, Jackie was remarried, but the past was still very much on her mind.
Jackie was never the same after JFK’s death.
In 1964, she found herself contemplating suicide and empathizing with Marilyn Monroe.
“How is this relevant?”
Jackie then retorted, “How is thatnotrelevant?”
Ten years later, the case was finally settled and the money was given to the clinic.
Besides a common therapist, Jackie and Monroe shared a common hairstylist: Kenneth Battelle.
“He added, “She said she was fearful of publicity.
