This Day in History: Marilyn Monroe Is Found Dead.<br />August 5, 1962.<br />Monroe was found in her bed, surrounded by empty pill bottles.<br />An autopsy revealed a fatal dose of sedatives in her system, and her death was ruled a probable suicide.<br />She had been under constant psychiatric care since the year before, living a reclusive life in her Los Angeles home.<br />Her death inspired conspiracy theories, involving affairs with then-President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.<br />In the 1980s, Monroe's maid declared controversially that Robert Kennedy had fought with Monroe the night she died.<br />The model turned actress has remained a cultural icon for more than half a century.
