"She wanted a father, a lover, friend, agent, above all someone who would never criticise her for anything, or else she would lose confidence in herself. I don't know if that human being exists. I was not really prepared for what I should have been prepared for, which was that she had literally no inner resources."
"One time I brought doctors to pump her out because she had swallowed enough stuff [drugs] to kill her. So I felt she was in a very delicate psychological position. It was beyond my powers or anybody else's to hold her back."
"It was impossible for her to live, let alone with anybody. You couldn't go on with that intensity of life, and those drugs, and manage to survive. Monroe's death from a barbiturate overdose in 1962, at the age of 36, had seemed inevitable to him."
Arthur Miller, a renowned 20th-century playwright, discussed his brief marriage to Marilyn Monroe in newly discovered recordings spanning nearly three decades with biographer Christopher Bigsby. Miller described Monroe as emotionally fragile, requiring him to serve as father, lover, friend, and agent simultaneously. He felt compelled to manage her life to prevent catastrophic outcomes, including instances where he brought doctors to treat her drug overdoses. Miller realized within months of their 1956 marriage that Monroe lacked inner resources and needed constant reassurance and protection from criticism. The couple experienced reproductive difficulties, including miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy, which deeply affected Monroe. Miller ultimately concluded that Monroe's 1962 death from barbiturate overdose was inevitable given her psychological state and drug dependency, stating no one could have prevented her tragic end.
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