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Marilyn Monroe Feared She Would ‘Inherit Her Mother’s Madness’ After ​Her ‘Terrible Upbringing’


After her ‘terrible' upbringing and unstable life, Marilyn Monroe feared she would ‘inherit her mother’s madness,’ J. Randy Taraborrelli tells Closer exclusively.

When superstar Marilyn Monroe died of an overdose in 1962, she left a $5,000-a-year trust to support her mother, Gladys Baker, who would outlive her youngest daughter by 22 years. Biographers have been sorting through the wreckage of Marilyn’s meteoric rise and sudden fall for more than 60 years, but the role that her mother Gladys’ backstory played in her life is often overlooked. Although the court awarded Gladys custody of son Jackie and daughter Berniece, Baker abducted them and moved to his native Kentucky so his mother could raise the children.

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