Addiction Takes Lives
According to reports, Monroe passed between 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on August 4th due to acute barbiturate poisoning. On her bedside table were several empty medicine bottles. Police quickly ruled out the possibility that Monroe had accidentally overdosed because the dosages were dramatically surpassing the legal limit.
Suicide?
Monroe's doctors were not surprised that the death had been a suicide. They described her as being "prone to severe fears and frequent depressions" with "abrupt and unpredictable mood changes." They also said that this had not been the first time she purposefully overdosed, though it would be her last.
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