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Gossip columnists thought the 1954 elopement and marriage of baseball great Joe DiMaggio (1914–99) and movie star and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926–62) was a match made in heaven. Unfortunately, the couple's tumultuous union lasted only nine months and was marked by jealous rages, arguments, even physical violence. Heyman, a well-known biographer of the Kennedy family who died in 2012, shows how Monroe and DiMaggio were temperamental opposites. She seemingly had a split personality,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More