Remembering Marilyn Monroe on her 100th birthday: ‘She was just Norma Jeane’
Marilyn Monroe would have celebrated her 100th birthday today. Her friend James Haspiel shares personal memories, revealing the complexity behind her public persona. Haspiel emphasizes that beneath the glamour, she was simply Norma Jeane, a woman grappling with fame and personal struggles.
- ▪Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday is being commemorated today.
- ▪James Haspiel, a close friend of Monroe, describes her as a complex individual who often transformed into her public persona.
- ▪Despite her immense success, Monroe struggled with anxiety and sought psychiatric treatment regularly.
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| Publication time | Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:30:00 -0400 |
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Cindy Adams Opinion Remembering Marilyn Monroe on her 100th birthday: ‘She was just Norma Jeane’ By Cindy Adams Published June 1, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET Marilyn Monroe would be 100 today; her friend James Haspiel shares intimate memories of the star with The Post's Cindy Adams. Yale Joel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Honoring Marilyn’s big 100 Today would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday. Before The New York Post, I wrote such books as the as-told-to-me autobio of Lee Strasberg, who created the Actors Studio. His pupil and friend: Marilyn. So I knew her. So did her friend James Haspiel, who has written several books about her.
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