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“DiMaggio and Monroe Marry” and “Diana Ross & Supremes final concert,” - This Day in History – Jan 14th
"DiMaggio and Monroe Marry" and "Diana Ross & Supremes final concert," - This Day in History – Jan 14th
Hollywood Sex Symbol Monroe marries Yankee, DiMaggio
Back in 1954 the surprise marriage took place between Hollywood’s Sex Symbol, Marilyn Monroe and Baseball’s NY Yankee’s slugger, Joe DiMaggio. This couple secretly dated two years earlier and then would marry at San Francisco’s City Hall, where they were mobbed by reporters and fans. However, the marriage did not last long, after 274 days DiMaggio filed for divorce.
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According to history.com, “One memorable blow-up occurred in September 1954, on the New York City set of the director Billy Wilder’s The Seven Year Itch. As Monroe filmed the now-famous scene in which she stands over a subway grate with the air blowing up her skirt, a crowd of onlookers and press gathered; Wilder himself had reportedly arranged the media attention. As her skirt blew up again and again, the crowd cheered uproariously, and DiMaggio, who was on set, became irate.”
Ms. Monroe accused DiMaggio of “mental cruelty,” and would marry playwright Arthur Miller in 1956. Her marriage would end with Miller in 1961 leaving Monroe within a emotional breakdown and being admitted to a psychiatric facility. History.com states that, “it was DiMaggio who secured her release, and took her to the Yankees’ Florida spring training camp for rest and relaxation. Though rumors swirled about their remarriage, they maintained their “good friends” status. When the 36-year-old Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962, DiMaggio arranged the funeral. For the next two decades, until his own death in 1999, he sent roses several times a week to her grave in Los Angeles.
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Diana Ross and the Supremes performs for the last time
Back in 1970, the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, NV featured the final performance of Diana Ross and the Supremes, a three-girl singing group of 12 #1 hits of chart dominance. This musical group is well known for their tunes, “Baby Love,” “Reflections,” “Love is Here and Now You Are Gone,”
The members of the group, Florence Ballard, Diane (Diana) Ross and Mary Wilson grew up together at Detroit, MI and performed in a group called, “the Primettes,” before being managed under Berry Gordy who would later change their name and promote singer Ms. Ross to change the name of the group to, “Diana Ross and the Supremes.
According to history.com, “The farewell concert in Vegas was the final act in a drawn-out breakup that didn't become official until November 1969, but probably became inevitable in July 1967, when Motown Records chief Berry Gordy gave Diana Ross top billing over the Supremes. That move clearly signaled Gordy's intention to launch Diana on a solo career—something he may have had in mind from the moment he upgraded her first name from "Diane" and upstaged her fellow Supremes by making Diana the group's official lead singer.”
Ms. Ross would move on to have a very successful solo career. Ms. Ballard would die in 1976 due to cardiac arrest at the age of 32. Ms. Wilson became an author and continued her singing career.
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