@karmicenterprises: Marilyn Monroe, born June 1, 1926, was the most famous woman in the world, and Joe DiMaggio was the most famous ballplayer in America, and when they married in January 1954 it was the wedding of the century — and it lasted nine months. He could not bear the world looking at her: the night crowds gathered to watch her white dress blow up over a subway grate while filming The Seven Year Itch, he walked out furious, and within weeks she had filed for divorce. But the love did not end with the marriage. In 1961, when she was locked in a psychiatric clinic and could not get out, it was Joe she called, and Joe who got her released. When she died in 1962 he claimed her body, arranged her funeral, and barred the Hollywood crowd she had never trusted; for twenty years he had red roses delivered to her crypt three times a week, and he never married again. On his deathbed in 1999, his lawyer said his last words were, "I'll finally get to see Marilyn." The Lovers is not a card about a perfect union. It is about two people who choose each other, lose each other, and keep choosing anyway — a bond the divorce could not end.

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