WHY JACKIE FORGAVE MARILYN

THE LOVE RIVALS WERE ACTUALLY SECRET ALLIES

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For almost six decades the world has believed that Marilyn Monroe was Jacqueline Kennedy's mortal enemy.

After all, the iconic blonde bombshell was rumoured to have had an illicit affair with Jackie's husband, US president John F. Kennedy But now, a new book has revealed a stunning twist in the tale. In JFK: Public, Private, Secret, biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli claims that Jackie was actually very forgiving of Marilyn, and was saddened when the actress died in 1962.

Despite Jackie's belief that her husband was in fact involved with the screen goddess, "after Marilyn died, Jackie was bereft," Taraborrelli explains.

In his book, Taraborrelli recounts a conversation Jackie had with her halfsister, Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd, after Marilyn died in her Los Angeles home on August 4, 1962.