Look: I am eager to learn stuff I don't know--which requires actively courting and posting smart disagreement.

But as you will understand, I don't like to post things that mischaracterize and are aimed to mislead.

-- Brad Delong

Copyright Notice

Everything that appears on this blog is the copyrighted property of somebody. Often, but not always, that somebody is me. For things that are not mine, I either have obtained permission, or claim fair use. Feel free to quote me, but attribute, please. My photos and poetry are dear to my heart, and may not be used without permission. Ditto, my other intellectual property, such as charts and graphs. I'm probably willing to share. Let's talk. Violators will be damned for all eternity to the circle of hell populated by Rosanne Barr, Mrs Miller [look her up], and trombonists who are unable play in tune. You cannot possibly imagine the agony. If you have a question, email me: jazzbumpa@gmail.com. I'll answer when I feel like it. Cheers!

Saturday, August 6, 2011

A Day That Will Long Live in infamy - Pt 3

I thought I'd go back another decade, and see what happened on Aug 5 (Yup, still on the awful Aug. 5 string) 1961.  But I was drawn up short when I discovered that Norma Jeane Mortenson (aka Norma Jeane Baker) died of a barbiturate (chloral hydrate and Nembutal) overdose on that day in 1962.

Whether this was an accidental OD, suicide or murder was not fully determined to everyone's satisfaction, so the old, cold mystery exists to this day.

What -- you never heard of Norma Jeane Mortenson?!?  She was an American icon.

Maybe you know her better by her stage name: Marylin Monroe.

August 5, 1961, OTOH, seems to have been a relatively infamy-free Saturday.
.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)