"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."~Marilyn Monroe

The White House

Washington

April 11, 1962

Dear Miss Monroe,

          Many, many thanks for your acceptance of the invitation to appear at

the President's Birthday Party in Madison

Square Garden on May 19.

          Your appearance will guarantee a tremendous success for the affair and a

fitting tribute to President Kennedy.

          With every good wish,

                                                         Sincerely,

                                                                                     Kenneth O'Donnell

                                                                         Special Assistant to the President

"When Kennedy was shot, as a young man I surmised the world as we knew it would cease to exist and the earth would basically stop turning. But I found out through simple living and deduction that everything and everyone is expendable, not gods, not eternal, not a life force. Therefore when one realizes we’re here basically on borrowed time, that expendability applies to each and every thing, we are really grains of sand. So I made it my sworn duty to pack as much life as I can into my allotment and only wish others would do the same."

—Sylvester Stallone

Marilyn Monroe

1926 - 1962