Marilyn Monroe death investigator dies at the age of 92

John Miner, a former Los Angeles prosecutor who investigated Marilyn Monroe’s 1962 death and maintained it was a murder, has died, a film producer-director said. He was 92.

Keya Morgan, who has interviewed Miner several times in recent years for various projects related to Monroe, said he died on February 25 at a Los Angeles hospital.

“He was the most legendary prosecutor in Los Angeles history. I can’t think of a prosecutor who is more famous and well-known,” said Mr Morgan.

Mr Miner was also involved in the investigations of the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the series of murders committed by the Charles Manson “Family.” In 2005, he revealed the content of tapes that Monroe had made for her psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson. The doctor had allowed Mr Miner to listen to the tapes for the 1962 investigation into the actress’s death on the condition that he keep their content secret.

But Mr Miner took extensive notes that he said proved the star was not suicidal – her death was ruled a “probable suicide” – but instead had a raft of projects in mind, from the Academy Awards to hoping to play a role in a Shakespearean play and be considered a serious actress.

Mr Miner said Monroe had in fact been murdered, a hypothesis examined by Morgan’s documentary Marilyn Monroe, Murder on Fifth Helena Drive, which is due to come out on August 5, the anniversary of the popular icon’s death.