The devastating question Marilyn Monroe asked Judy Garland, a new book says
The two were together at a party when Monroe took Garland aside.
You may not have realized that Hollywood icons Judy Garland And Marilyn Monroe were peers and friends, especially because their previews came at different times. The first came to glory as a starfish in the 1930s, while the second made a name for himself in comedies in the 1950s. But, Garland was in fact only four years more than Monroe , and the two crossed. In fact, they had a personal connection outside the two actors who both meet.
The new English translation of a French book includes a story on an industry festival during which Monroe asked a devastating question in Garland. The blonde bomb was clearly looking for comfort, and the child's former star told her that she had to stay in touch. Monroe died less than a year after this conversation.
Read the rest to discover what Monroe said to Garland and to find out more about their relationship.
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Monroe asked Garland a sad question.
Lawrence Schulman , who translated the Bertrand Tessier book Judy Garland: Splendor and fall in a legend From French to English, spoke to Fox News Digital A Garland and Monroe conversation had During a party in 1962. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"In the literature that exists about Judy Garland, she always told the story that ... Marilyn Monroe did it in a corner and asked Judy:" Are you not afraid? Are you not afraid of life? "" Said Schulman. "And Garland said," Of course, we are all afraid of life. ""
It was the last time that Monroe saw Garland because the Some love it hot The actor died in August 1962 of a drug overdose.
Garland said that he had shared similar difficulties.
In 1967, five years after his death, Garland wrote an article on Monroe for Dame's home newspaper . "I knew Marilyn Monroe and loved her very much", Wizard of Oz Star wrote (via Fox News). "She asked me for help. Me! I didn't know what to tell her."
As indicated by People ,, The article is presented in the book Judy and me: My life with Judy Garland , written by the third husband of Garland, Sidney Luft . Garland wrote on a party where Monroe followed it "from piece to the next". She also recalled their conversation:
"I don't want to get too far from you," she said. "I am scared!"
I said to him, "We are all afraid. I'm also afraid!"
"If we could simply speak," she said, "I know you will understand."
I said, "Maybe I would. If you are afraid, call me and come. We will talk about it."
"This beautiful girl was afraid of loneliness - the same thing I was afraid," wrote Garland. "Like me, she was just trying to do her job - the garnishness of the delicious whipped cream on the life of some people, but Marilyn and I never had the chance to speak. I had to leave for England and I have never seen a sweet and dear girl again. I would like to have been able to speak to her at night about her death. "
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They have been in contact over the years.
Schulman explained that Monroe and Garland met for the first time in 1959. "They probably met two or three times," said Schulman. "But they felt each other for each other, that's for sure."
The translator continued: "Marilyn Monroe, to a certain extent, had an even more fragile personality than Judy Garland. They were both fragile personalities, and I think that is why they loved themselves because they felt The same stress and difficulties in life. I think that's what brought them together. "Monroe and Garland both had great renown and treated the drawbacks of this celebrity. They both fought against drug addiction throughout their lives.
In his book, Luft revealed that Monroe's death was "particularly disturbing for Judy since Marilyn had been one of Judy's telephone friends during her years of insomnia". The film producer also wrote on Monroe visiting their house and playing with their children, Lorna And Joey Luft .
"She was sitting near the fire, not speaking much, a silent presence," he recalls. "Marilyn was sweet and very unhappy. She would chat with Judy and play with the children, dragging."
Garland thought that the death of Monroe was accidental.
Monroe died of a barbituric overdose at 36 years old. According People ,, His death was tried A "probable suicide". She had a fatal amount of anxiety medication in her system, as well as a large amount of sedative.
Garland wrote in the Dame's home newspaper The article she believed that the death of Monroe was an accident.
"I don't think Marilyn really wanted to injure herself," said Garland. "It was partly because she had too many pills available, then was deserted by her friends. You shouldn't tell you that you are completely irresponsible and that you are left alone with too many medicines. It's too much Easy to forget. You take some of some of the sleeping pills and you wake up in 20 minutes and forget that you have taken them. So you take a few others, and the next thing you know you have taken too much. "
Garland met a similar spell only two years after opening his friendship with Monroe. In 1969, she died of a barbituric overdose - which was deemed accidental - at 47 years old.
