Joe and Marilyn

Those familiar with baseball have heard of Joe DiMaggio, the New York Yankee star, who has a record 56-game hitting streak, which will probably never be broken. He was one of the Yankee’s most popular stars. Most people have also heard of film actress Marilyn Monroe. Joe played professional baseball from 1936 until 1951 and was beloved by everyone. He is of course a Hall of Famer, inducted in 1955 in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He also fell in love with Marilyn Monroe and were married in January 1954. Even though their marriage lasted 9 months, he loved her until she died and beyond. She died in August 1962, and Joe kept sending her half-dozen red roses delivered to her crypt three times a week for 20 years. He would spend an  hour next to her grave every January 14, the day they got married. He refused to talk about her publicly or otherwise exploit their relationship. He never married again.