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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Ed Feingersh, 1955.

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Marilyn Monroe being interviewed at the premiere of East of Eden, 1955.

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I think what angers me the most with conspiracy theories surrounding Marilyn Monroe is that it’s always attached to men (JFK, RFK, the mob, take your pick)… as if Marilyn was not important enough to stand on her own, as if she hadn’t achieved enough in her life for her death to have such a tremendous impact.

Instead people feel they need to turn her death into a saga of bigger consequences, to the point where it has almost overtaken her legacy as a person and artist. You can rarely turn on a documentary without false claims being made by the same three or four people. Her tragic death no doubt fed her iconic dimension but I hate to see her whole story attached to rumours and conspiracies perpetuated by people who need an ego (and financial) boost.

Marilyn was a profound and complex person whose memory deserves a lot better than being robbed by some cheap Page 6 gossip fantasists. She stands on her own just fine.