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Jack Clemmons

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  • Born
    February 2, 1924 · Columbus, Georgia, USA
  • Died
    April 10, 1998 · Reseda, California, USA

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  • Los Angeles Police sergeant Jack Clemmons is famous because he was the first Police officer to "officially" arrive at the death scene of Marilyn Monroe on August 5, 1962, at 4:45 a.m. He had received a call at 4:25 telling him Marilyn Monroe was dead.

    Clemmons stated that when he entered Marilyn Monroe home, Mrs. Murray the maid was doing laundry at 4:45 a.m. and that Monroe's room was very tidy, as though it had been cleaned prior to his arrival. In Clemmons's own words: "Marilyn was lying face down in what I call the soldier's position," said Clemmons. "Her hands were by her side and her legs were stretched out perfectly straight. It was the most obviously staged death scene I have ever seen. The pill bottles on her bedside table had been arranged in neat order and the body deliberately positioned. It all looked too tidy."
    - IMDb mini biography by: John

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      Eileen Clemmons(? - 1998) (his death)

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