LK. Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 4:57pm (UK) James Dougherty, the retired Los Angeles detective who was married to the future Marilyn Monroe for four years in the 1940s, has died. He was 84. Dougherty died on Monday in San Rafael, California, of complications of leukaemia, his stepdaughter, Annie Woods of Sabattus, told the Sun-Journal of Lewiston. He had spent much of his later years in Maine. Dougherty married Norma Jeane Baker in 1942, before he went to sea as a merchant mariner. She was 16 at the time. http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1799482005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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