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'I know a lot of dangerous secrets about the Kennedys. I will shock the world': Marilyn Monroe's ominous words before she was found naked and dead in bed... so was she murdered to silence her?
My god what a beautiful woman, thinks jazz singer and pianist Buddy Greco. He's sitting outside Frank Sinatra's bungalow in Lake Tahoe when a limousine pulls up and 'this gorgeous woman in dark glasses steps out'. It's Marilyn Monroe. She greets him with a big hug around the neck. He finds her 'smart, funny, intelligent, if fragile'. Along with English actor Peter Lawford and his wife Pat, they are guests of Sinatra for the weekend.
Also invited are a number of Sinatra's other Hollywood friends and Mafia associates like Sam Giancana. Sinatra and the Lawfords are aware of what's been going on with Marilyn and the Kennedys – used and dumped by Jack and Bobby – and are hoping that getting her out of Los Angeles will distract her.