And Finally... Home movie of Marilyn Monroe smoking dope on eBay
A home movie showing Marilyn Monroe smoking dope has been sold for £180,000.
The film was shot around 50 years ago at a private home in New Jersey but has only recently surfaced.
It was tracked down by Monroe memorabilia collector Keya Morgan.
He bought the reel-to-reel silent colour film from the man who took it, who has asked to remain anonymous. It will be put up for sale again on eBay later this week.
At one point the screen legend is handed a cigarette and takes a puff. The man who shot the film confirmed that the cigarette contained marijuana, saying: "I got it (the pot)."
Marilyn, who was addicted to barbiturates, overdosed in 1962 on Nembutal and chloral hydrate. It was estimated she had taken 50 pills.
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