Marilyn Monroe is keeping his foot on the girls’ NECK almost 62 years after his death! His fans recently cemented his American legacy in another significant way. According to The Associated PressOne of Marilyn Monroe’s former homes in Los Angeles has been declared a historic landmark.
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Details on the historical designation
The Los Angeles house where Monroe briefly lived has been declared a historic cultural monument. For context, Marilyn purchased the house for $75,000 in 1962. Sadly, she also died there just a few months later, on August 4, from an apparent sedative overdose. Her body would have been discovered the next day.
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday (June 26) to declare the house where Monroe lived and briefly died a historic designation. The now historic monument is located in the elegant neighborhood of Brentwood.
Before the vote, area council representative Traci Park said:
“There is no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her home in Brentwood,” Park said.
According to Los Angeles Timesthis designation comes after a long battle over whether the house should be demolished.
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More on who wanted to demolish Marilyn Monroe’s former Los Angeles home
Calls to demolish the house came from its current owners, Brinah Milstein and Roy Bankwho also live next door.
They had plans to expand their property and argued that it was no longer historic due to changes over the years. Additionally, they claimed that tourist traffic made it a nuisance.
Brinah and Roy purchased the home for $8.35 million. However, after obtaining a demolition permit, they encountered strong opposition and ultimately lost the battle.
His attorney, Peter C. Sheridan, called the process that led to the historic designation “biased, unconstitutional and fraudulent” in a statement to AP. The lawyer also said that the city “granted dozens of permits to more than 14 different previous owners to change the house through numerous renovations, resulting in nothing left to reflect Mrs. Monroe’s brief time there 60 years ago.”
Yet the board unanimously approved and suppressed the owner’s expansion goals!
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Associated Press staff contributed to this report.
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