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Exhibit shows little-known life of Marilyn Monroe on Catalina Island

Back then she was Norma Jeane Baker, a teenager in an unhappy marriage. Photos and letters from her time on the island, as well as a separate exhibit on the Beatles and Eric Clapton, mark a new direction for the museum.Desperate to avoid being shunted to yet another foster home, 16-year-old Norma Jeane Baker in 1942 married 21-year-old James Dougherty, a neighbor's son whom she had been dating for several months.

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00:00 on April 25 2011

Exhibit shows little-known life of Marilyn Monroe on Catalina Island

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Back then she was Norma Jeane Baker, a teenager in an unhappy marriage. Photos and letters from her time on the island, as well as a separate exhibit on the Beatles and E... more info
The Beatles Eric Clapton
00:00 on April 25 2011

Exhibit shows little-known life of Marilyn Monroe on Catalina Island

L.A. Times - News — Back then she was Norma Jeane Baker, a teenager in an unhappy marriage. Photos and letters from her time on the island, as well as a separate exhibit on the Beatles and E... more info
The Beatles Eric Clapton

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