Marilyn Monroe Suicide Therapy

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On August 4th, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was pronounced dead due to an overdose in her Brentwood home. Contrary to popular belief, Marilyn Monroe was not subject to an overdose; she was murdered by Robert Kennedy, along with his co-conspirators Peter Lawford, his brother-in-law, and Dr. Ralph Greenson, Monroe’s psychiatrist. Marilyn Monroe’s sexual relations began with Attorney General Robert Kennedy when he was sent by his brother, JFK, to stop her from contacting the president, with whom she also had an affair with. However, unable to resist the enticing spell of Marilyn Monroe himself, Robert Kennedy soon found himself at the heart of an affair. Monroe was said to have been obsessed with JFK and RFK which is
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(Marilyn Monroe Autopsy Report). Robert Litman was a psychiatrist who is responsible for co-founding the first suicide prevention center in America (Nelson). Norman Farberow was a psychologist and a “pioneer in suicide prevention,” also contributing to the first suicide prevention center (Curwen). Like Litman, Norman Tabachnick, also had a medical degree in psychiatry and was psychiatrist in Los Angeles, California (Dr. Norman Tabachnick). Because all three men are incredibly qualified, their research regarding Monroe’s depression can be considered credible research.
Both the autopsy report and the supporting depression investigations found among other sources contribute to the idea that Monroe suffered from depression. Such a significant assertion would be essential to the disproving of the conspiracy theory because it would provide reasoning for a suicide, negating ideas of Monroe’s death being a constructed murder.

Conclusion Based on a thorough analysis of the conspiracy theory regarding Marilyn Monroe’s death, it can be concluded that she was not a victim of a cruel murder Instead, Marilyn Monroe overdosed on barbiturates, specifically Nembutal, resulting in a suicide, as ruled by the officials on the scene. Specific evidence, such as lack of a needle puncture, proof of a Nembutal prescription from multiple accounts, and probable reports of depression contradict the conspiratorial beliefs that characterized this

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