LOS ANGELES, June 27 — The Los Angeles home the place Marilyn Monroe died was declared a historic landmark yesterday, thwarting plans by its present homeowners to demolish the property.
The home was home to the Some Like It Hot display siren for the ultimate six months of her life as much as her demise from a drug overdose in 1962.
More than half a century on, Monroe stays one of probably the most beloved figures in US popular culture, and followers in addition to conservationists have intently adopted a row over the long run of the home.
Property heiress Brinah Milstein and her actuality TV producer husband Roy Bank purchased the Spanish Colonial-style home within the swanky Brentwood neighbourhood final summer season for US$8.35 million (RM39.42 million).
The couple owned the home subsequent door and supposed to mix the 2 properties. That development would have concerned razing the Monroe home.
The Los Angeles home the place Marilyn Monroe died was declared a historic landmark yesterday, thwarting plans by its present homeowners to demolish the property. — eNM pic
But when a demolition allow was issued final September, a furore rapidly adopted, and native politicians moved rapidly to designate the constructing protected standing.
Last month, the homeowners sued town of Los Angeles for “unlawful and unconstitutional conduct”.
Their petition famous Monroe had “often” lived within the home for “a mere six months”, and the couple declare that greater than a dozen earlier homeowners since 1962 have already modified the constructing past recognition.
Those objections had been overruled Wednesday, as metropolis councillors authorized the designation of the home as a historic cultural monument.
Monroe purchased the three,000-square-foot single-story hacienda in 1962 simply after her divorce from playwright Arthur Miller.
“There is not any different individual or place within the metropolis of Los Angeles as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood home,” mentioned councillor Traci Park, whose district consists of the home in query.
“Some of probably the most world-famous photos ever taken of her had been in that home, on these grounds and close to her pool.
“There is probably going no girl in historical past or tradition who captures the creativeness of the general public the best way Marilyn Monroe did. Even all these years later, her story nonetheless resonates and conjures up many of us right now.”
Monroe’s smouldering seems and breathy supply made her one of probably the most bankable film stars of her period.
The Gentlemen Prefer Blondes star was linked throughout her lifetime with some of probably the most eligible males of her period, together with president John F. Kennedy, famously singing “Happy Birthday, Mr President” at Madison Square Garden. — eNM
