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There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe
Age: 36 †
Born: 1926
Born: June 1
Died: 1962
Died: August 5
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