However, if we were to trust these autopsy reports and Marilyn Monroe died from drug overdose of sleeping pills, did she commit suicide? Here’s some perspective: being a Hollywood star is not always the glamorous life that we, the general public, believe it to be. At the end of the day, Marilyn Monroe was human with her own tragic, internal struggles. She would wake up and lay in bed for a few minutes, maybe hours, just contemplating whether if it was even worth the effort of getting out of bed. When she did eventually and begrudgingly pull herself from the claws of her comforter, she would then hide her sorrow by covering the bags of her eyes with concealer, widen her tearful eyes with mascara and eyeliner, and apply her iconic red lipstick
