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Marilyn Monroe's one and only LA home might be saved from demolition

Headline from Fox32 Chicago, from the development of Sep 9, 2023

Newest development Sep 9, 2023 · 2 reportsLA City Council moves to possibly preserve Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home

A vote on Friday, Sept. 8 might have saved the home that the Hollywood icon owned until her death in 1962.

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Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Marilyn Monroe's one and only LA home could be torn down

    Headline from Foxla ·

  2. Names this update

    Marilyn Monroe's one and only LA home might be saved from demolition

    Headline from Fox32 Chicago ·

  3. Newest

    LA City Council moves to possibly preserve Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home

    Headline from KESQ Palm Springs ·

Reports & sources

15 articles, oldest first.

  1. Los Angeles Times

    Marilyn Monroe's home is set to be demolished: A Monroe lookalike is blamed; Brentwood hopes to save it (opens Los Angeles Times)

    Published

    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Marilyn Monroe's last home in Brentwood is set to be demolished. The internet is mistakenly blaming a Monroe impersonator, and Brentwood is hoping for a white knight.

  2. New York Post

    Outrage and calls to preserve Marilyn Monroe’s only house increase after facing demolition (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    The starlet’s Brentwood residence, which she purchased just six months before her death at age 36, faces a potential new future — and locals aren’t happy.

  3. FOX Business

    Marilyn Monroe's Los Angeles home where she died approved to be demolished (opens FOX Business)

    Published

    FOX Business's feed description

    The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety confirmed to Fox News Digital that famed Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe's former home has been approved for demolition.

  4. Foxla

    Marilyn Monroe's one and only LA home could be torn down (opens Foxla)

    Published

    Foxla's feed description

    Permits have allegedly been requested to demolish the LA area home that the Hollywood icon owned until her death in 1962.

  5. Times Of San Diego

    LA Councilwoman Seeks to Block Demolition of Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood Home (opens Times Of San Diego)

    Published

    Times Of San Diego's feed description

    Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park will introduce a motion Friday hoping to save Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home from demolition by having it declared a historic-cultural monument.

  6. Fox32 Chicago

    Marilyn Monroe's one and only LA home might be saved from demolition (opens Fox32 Chicago)

    Published

    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    A vote on Friday, Sept. 8 might have saved the home that the Hollywood icon owned until her death in 1962.

  7. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Demolition permit on Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home put on hold for now (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

    Published

    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    During a Los Angeles City Council Meeting, Councilwoman Traci Park introduced a motion to initiate consideration that Monroe's old home in Brentwood be given historic cultural monument status.

  8. Salon

    Brentwood home that Marilyn Monroe died in has been temporarily saved from demolition (opens Salon)

    Published

    Salon's feed description

    The stay pushes for the property to be considered as a historic-cultural monument

  9. KESQ Palm Springs

    LA City Council moves to possibly preserve Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

    Published

    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    The Los Angeles City Council passed a motion today to save Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home from demolition by having it declared a historic cultural monument.

  10. New York Post

    LA home where Marilyn Monroe died saved from demolition — for now (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood home — her final residence — was saved from demolition after a unanimous L.A. City Council vote on Friday.

  11. CNN

    Demolition of Marilyn Monroe's former home in Los Angeles is on hold for now (opens CNN)

    Published

    CNN's feed description

    Demolition of the Los Angeles area home where Marilyn Monroe spent her last months has been put on hold by Los Angeles City Council, following a last-minute motion aimed at designating the house a Historic-Cultural Monument.

  12. Los Angeles Times

    Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home granted a temporary reprieve from demolition (opens Los Angeles Times)

    Published

    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home was granted a temporary reprieve from demolition after an impassioned speech by L.A. City Councilmember Traci Park.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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