NEW FIFTY YEARS AFTER HER DEATH MARILYN MONROE (DETAILS)

Fifty years ago Sunday, Norma Jeane Mortenson--the actress, model and singer better known as Marilyn Monroe--died in Los Angeles of a drug overdose. She was just 36. Yahoo contributors were asked to share their memories of Monroe, whose tragic death, while unsurprising to those that closely followed her tumultuous career, was nonetheless shocking. Below, recollections of an American icon. I still remember exactly where I was, as a little girl, hearing that radio announcement of Monroe's death. My parents,