In time for what would be Marilyn Monroe’s 90th birthday, this issue of Vanity Fair Icons collects the best features and photographs about America’s tragic sex symbol. Her life intersected with the most important players in Hollywood and Washington: John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller, Lee Strasberg, Billy Wilder, and others. Her poems, letters, diaries, belongings, and more are all explored in this special issue, along with early shots, lost images, and nude sittings from the early sixties. The issue also reveals the secrets and rumors about her tragic death and examines the legacy of this endlessly fascinating American icon.