Overview
- On June 1, 2026, Los Angeles opened the exhibition 'Marilyn Monroe: Icône de Hollywood' and admirers planned a Chinese Theatre tribute with roses and a cake.
- A themed sale called '100 ans de Marilyn' is offering unpublished photographs, an annotated screenplay from the unfinished Something's Got to Give and personal effects such as makeup.
- Recent coverage highlights scholarly reappraisals of her work, noting study with Lee Strasberg and her 1960 Golden Globe as evidence she outgrew the 'dumb blonde' label.
- Reports reiterate verified biographical facts: she was born Norma Jeane in Los Angeles, spent much of her childhood in foster care because of her mother's psychiatric illness, and died in 1962 of an autopsy-recorded accidental barbiturate overdose.
- The centenary underscores Monroe's lasting commercial and cultural pull through museum shows, retrospectives, books, films and large fan events including a Palm Springs gathering of more than 1,000 lookalikes.