This house is a Candle in the Wind
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe become taken approximately a month earlier than she died. Allen Grant took the photo for Life magazine and in it she's kicking lower back in her Brentwood domestic. On the surface she looks as if she does not have a care within the world. I think that is what made her an actress.
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The home Marilyn Monroe lived in at the end of her life was on 5th Helena Drive in Brentwood. 12305 5th Helena Drive to be exact. How do I know? Someone sent me the listing for the house. Here's the link . It's on the market for three and a half million dollars and compared to the listing I wrote about earlier this week, that's a bargain. According to the listing agent, it's a four bedroom, three bath 1929 hacienda on one of the most desirable streets in Brentwood. I don't know enough about LA real estate to judge that so maybe somebody from LA will chime in.
The room wherein Marilyn's sitting within the photo above is within the images that observe. Anybody want to guess which one?
It's a lovable home. Really. I like the scale of the rooms and the way shiny the whole thing seems. It wishes some work at the furnishings department however perhaps now not. I suppose the shortage of really first-class furniture in it provides to the relaxed air it offers off.
It's a curious thing now that I think about it. Would you ever buy a home that once belonged to a now dead movie star? Would Candle in the Wind take on a whole new significance?