Funeral services for Marilyn Stringer Edwards, 94, will be held at 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 17, 2023 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in West Monroe. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. A short time later, my mother [202][j] Due to Monroe's status as a sex symbol and Miller's image as an intellectual, the media saw the union as a mismatch, as evidenced by Variety's headline, "Egghead Weds Hourglass". When the studio was still reluctant to change Monroe's contract, she founded her own film production company in 1954. [187] She had first been introduced to Miller by Elia Kazan in the early 1950s. She remained in contact with her sister, who visited her in 1961 in her New York home after Monroe had divorced her third husband, Arthur Miller, and had undergone surgery for her cholecystectomy. [72] Despite her enthusiasm, her teachers thought her too shy and insecure to have a future in acting, and Fox did not renew her contract in August 1947. 40 Rare Photos of Marilyn Monroe You've Probably Never Seen Including rare photos from her young life, romances and early career. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2021) by the time of her death in 1962. [73] She returned to modeling while also doing occasional odd jobs at film studios, such as working as a dancing "pacer" behind the scenes to keep the leads on point at musical sets. [168] Monroe settled with Fox in March, with the promise of a new contract, a bonus of $100,000, and a starring role in the film adaptation of the Broadway success The Seven Year Itch. [353] Similarly, Jonathan Rosenbaum stated that "she subtly subverted the sexist content of her material" and that "the difficulty some people have discerning Monroe's intelligence as an actress seems rooted in the ideology of a repressive era, when super feminine women weren't supposed to be smart". After a series of minor film roles, she signed a new contract with Fox in late 1950. "[314] Monroe's contemporary Norman Mailer wrote that "Marilyn suggested sex might be difficult and dangerous with others, but ice cream with her", while Groucho Marx characterized her as "Mae West, Theda Bara, and Bo Peep all rolled into one". [125] According to Sarah Churchwell, Niagara was one of the most overtly sexual films of Monroe's career. [271] For Vogue, she and photographer Bert Stern collaborated for two series of photographs, one a standard fashion editorial and another of her posing nude, which were published posthumously with the title The Last Sitting. [338][339][340] On the other, she is also remembered for her troubled private life, unstable childhood, struggle for professional respect, as well as her death and the conspiracy theories that surrounded it. [175] After returning from NYC to Hollywood in October 1954, Monroe filed for divorce, after only nine months of marriage. It was the real thing. [47] She excelled in writing and contributed to the school newspaper, but was otherwise a mediocre student. [110] In some scenes, Monroe's body was covered only by a sheet or a towel, considered shocking by contemporary audiences. [39] In September 1935, Grace placed her in the Los Angeles Orphans Home. She won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in Some Like It Hot (1959), a critical and commercial success. [259] Days before filming began, Monroe caught sinusitis. Claim: Gladys Baker Morris presented a paternity action lawsuit claiming that she was the biological daughter of Marilyn Monroe and President John F. Kennedy. [242] Monroe's and Miller's marriage was effectively over, and he began a new relationship with set photographer Inge Morath. [154][155] On January 29, 1954, fifteen days later,[156] they flew to Japan,[157] combining a "honeymoon" with his commitment to his former San Francisco Seals coach Lefty O'Doul,[158] to help train[159] Japanese baseball teams. [249] It has received more favorable reviews in the 21st century. Pastor Randy Burdeaux will officiate and interment will follow at Kilpatricks Serenity Gardens. [269] She was also planning on starring in a biopic of Jean Harlow. [193] The production was complicated by conflicts between him and Monroe. Following this, Monroe became a ward of the state. [205] The Saturday Review of Literature wrote that Monroe's performance "effectively dispels once and for all the notion that she is merely a glamour personality" and Crowther proclaimed: "Hold on to your chairs, everybody, and get set for a rattling surprise. [210] In retaliation, Monroe became uncooperative and began to deliberately arrive late, later saying, "if you don't respect your artists, they can't work well. "[194], In March, Monroe began filming the drama Bus Stop, her first film under the new contract. Marilyn Monroe has finally proved herself an actress. She also lived there for six months, until she was forced to move back to the city for employment. [14] Following the divorce, Gladys worked as a film negative cutter at Consolidated Film Industries. [214][230] It has been voted one of the best films ever made in polls by the BBC,[231] the American Film Institute,[232] and Sight & Sound. Nancy Maniscalco Miracle, Marilyn Monroe's daughter, Honolulu, HI. [322] Film historian Laura Mulvey has written of her as an endorsement for American consumer culture: If America was to export the democracy of glamour into post-war, impoverished Europe, the movies could be its shop window Marilyn Monroe, with her all American attributes and streamlined sexuality, came to epitomise in a single image this complex interface of the economic, the political, and the erotic. [169] It was unsuccessful upon its release in late 1954, with Monroe's performance considered vulgar by many critics. She and Miller split their time between NYC, Connecticut and Long Island. [278][279] Due to these facts and the lack of any indication of foul play, deputy coroner Thomas Noguchi classified her death as a probable suicide. A recent photo of Marilyn's half sister Berniece and her daughter, Mona Rae Miracle (right) NYC PR Group. [277] The possibility that Monroe had accidentally overdosed was ruled out because the dosages found in her body were several times the lethal limit. [94] In early 1952, she began a highly publicized romance with retired New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio, one of the most famous sports personalities of the era. [147] They then traveled by car[148] to San Luis Obispo,[149] then honeymooned[150] outside Idyllwild, California,[151][152][153] in the mountain lodge of Monroe's lawyer Lloyd Wright. [278], The Los Angeles County Coroners Office was assisted in their investigation by the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Team, who had expert knowledge on suicide. [191] She legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. [298], In her films, Monroe usually played "the girl", who is defined solely by her gender. [204], Bus Stop was released in August 1956 and became a critical and commercial success. [274], Monroe died between 8:30p.m. and 10:30p.m. on August4,[275]; the toxicology report showed that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning. She first became pregnant in 1956 but lost the baby due to a miscarriage. Husbands DiMaggio and O'Doul were among the diners. [246] The Misfits was released the following month, failing at the box office. [96] The studio had learned about the photos and that she was publicly rumored to be the model some weeks prior, and together with Monroe decided that to prevent damaging her career it was best to admit to them while stressing that she had been broke at the time. According to sources divulged in a 2022 Netflix documentary, she was reportedly pregnant on three occasions throughout her life. A recent photo of Marilyn's half sister Berniece and her daughter, Mona Rae Miracle (right) NYC PR Group. [130], While Niagara made Monroe a sex symbol and established her "look", her second film of 1953, the satirical musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, cemented her screen persona as a "dumb blonde". [209] He also disliked the constant presence of Paula Strasberg, Monroe's acting coach, on set. She was briefly suspended in early 1954 for refusing a film project but returned to star in The Seven Year Itch (1955), one of the biggest box office successes of her career. Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in the charity ward of the Los Angeles General Hospital. Marilyn Monroes Step-Siblings on Her Fathers Side Charles Stanley Gifford was married to Lillian Gifford and had two children, Doris and Charles Jr. Doris died at the age of 12, but Charles went on to live a long and happy life. [244] In August, filming was halted for her to spend a week in a hospital detox. Monroe's troubled private life received much attention. [109] In Howard Hawks's Monkey Business, in which she acted opposite Cary Grant, she played a secretary who is a "dumb, childish blonde, innocently unaware of the havoc her sexiness causes around her". She remained in contact with her sister, who visited her in 1961 in her New York home after Monroe had divorced her third husband, Arthur Miller, and had undergone surgery for her cholecystectomy. [313] Spoto likewise describes her as the embodiment of "the postwar ideal of the American girl, soft, transparently needy, worshipful of men, nave, offering sex without demands", which is echoed in Molly Haskell's statement that "she was the Fifties fiction, the lie that a woman had no sexual needs, that she is there to cater to, or enhance, a man's needs. Monroes second pregnancy came a year later in 1957 but tragically lost her child again as a result of an ectopic pregnancy. [27] In January 1934, Gladys had a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. [243] Her health was also failing: she was in pain from gallstones, and her drug addiction was so severe that her makeup usually had to be applied while she was still asleep under the influence of barbiturates. [261] She drew attention with her costume: a beige, skintight dress covered in rhinestones, which made her appear nude. She had a small role in the play Glamour Preferred at the Bliss-Hayden Theater, but it ended after a couple of performances. She also struggled with Miller's habit of rewriting scenes the night before filming. Murray then called Monroe's psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson, who arrived at the house shortly after and broke into the bedroom through a window to find Monroe dead in her bed. [53], Monroe subsequently dropped out of high school and became a housewife. [237] Crowther described Monroe as appearing "rather untidy" and "lacking the old Monroe dynamism",[238] and Hedda Hopper called the film "the most vulgar picture she's ever done". It was the second film ever released in CinemaScope, a widescreen format that Fox hoped would draw audiences back to theaters as television was beginning to cause losses to film studios. Despite medical advice to postpone the production, Fox began it as planned in late April. As detailed in The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, by J. Randy Taraborrelli, an agitated Baker showed up at the Bolenders' one day and demanded to take her three-year-old daughter home. Geoff Andrew of the British Film Institute has called it a classic,[250] Huston scholar Tony Tracy called Monroe's performance the "most mature interpretation of her career",[251] and Geoffrey McNab of The Independent praised her "extraordinary" portrayal of the character's "power of empathy". [52] As a solution, she married their neighbors' 21-year-old son, factory worker James Dougherty, on June 19, 1942, just after her 16th birthday. [24] Gladys placed her daughter with evangelical Christian foster parents Albert and Ida Bolender in the rural town of Hawthorne. [181], After founding MMP, Monroe moved to Manhattan and spent 1955 studying acting. [323], Twentieth Century-Fox further profited from Monroe's popularity by cultivating several lookalike actresses, such as Jayne Mansfield and Sheree North. Scene. She was the daughter of Gladys Pearl Baker and Jasper Newton. [99], Despite her newfound popularity as a sex symbol, Monroe also wished to showcase more of her acting range. [341] She has been written about by scholars and journalists who are interested in gender and feminism;[342] these writers include Gloria Steinem, Jacqueline Rose,[343] Molly Haskell,[344] Sarah Churchwell,[336] and Lois Banner. [89], In 1951, Monroe had supporting roles in three moderately successful Fox comedies: As Young as You Feel, Love Nest, and Let's Make It Legal. Her mother, Gladys Pearl (Monroe), was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, to American parents from Indiana and Missouri, and was a film-cutter at Consolidated Film Industries. Claim: Gladys Baker Morris presented a paternity action lawsuit claiming that she was the biological daughter of Marilyn Monroe and President John F. Kennedy. [40] The orphanage was "a model institution" and was described in positive terms by her peers, but Monroe felt abandoned. Camera, Laff, and Peek. She was often late or did not show up at all, did not remember her lines, and would demand several re-takes before she was satisfied with her performance. The second is that she was fragile. [42] Monroe's second stay with the Goddards lasted only a few months because Doc molested her. When asked about her parents, Marilyn Monroe once claimed that she was an orphan and never knew her parents. [289] According to film scholar Richard Dyer, Monroe's star image was crafted mostly for the male gaze. [10] At age 15, Gladys married John Newton Baker, an abusive man nine years her senior. [188] The studio urged her to end it, as Miller was being investigated by the FBI for allegations of communism and had been subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee, but Monroe refused. [283], Her funeral, held at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on August8, was private and attended by only her closest associates. [213] It was better received in Europe, where she was awarded the Italian David di Donatello and the French Crystal Star awards and nominated for a BAFTA. She was the daughter of Gladys Pearl Baker and Jasper Newton. [267] She was replaced by Lee Remick, but after Martin refused to make the film with anyone other than Monroe, Fox sued him as well and shut down the production. She had the wit or crassness or desperation to turn cheesecake into actingand vice versa; she did what others had the 'good taste' not to do". [195] She played Chrie, a saloon singer whose dreams of stardom are complicated by a nave cowboy who falls in love with her. [318] According to Banner, she sometimes challenged prevailing racial norms in her publicity photographs; for example, in an image featured in Look in 1951, she was shown in revealing clothes while practicing with African-American singing coach Phil Moore.[319]. Robert tragically died from kidney failure in 1933 aged 14. Mariah Careys 10-year-old daughter Monroe appeared in her first brand campaign for OshKosh BGosh. [270] To repair her public image, Monroe engaged in several publicity ventures, including interviews for Life and Cosmopolitan and her first photo shoot for Vogue. Her subsequent roles included a critically acclaimed performance in Bus Stop (1956) and her first independent production in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). [256] Monroe also moved permanently back to California in 1961, purchasing a house at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles, in early 1962. After Gladys filed for divorce in 1921, Jasper kidnapped Berniece and her brother, Robert Kermit, and raised them in his native Kentucky. [117], She disliked her lack of control on film sets and never experienced similar problems during photo shoots, in which she had more say over her performance and could be more spontaneous instead of following a script. Funeral services for Marilyn Stringer Edwards, 94, will be held at 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 17, 2023 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in West Monroe. [263], Monroe next filmed a scene for Something's Got to Give in which she swam naked in a swimming pool. [236], Let's Make Love was unsuccessful upon its release in September 1960. [172] The shoot lasted for several hours and attracted nearly 2,000 spectators. [258] It was to be co-produced by MMP, directed by George Cukor and to co-star Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. [223] The film's difficult production has since become "legendary". [d] Monroe's contract began in August 1946, and she and Lyon selected the stage name "Marilyn Monroe". [177][h] Monroe stated that she was "tired of the same old sex roles" and asserted that she was no longer under contract to Fox, as it had not fulfilled its duties, such as paying her the promised bonus. 40 Rare Photos of Marilyn Monroe You've Probably Never Seen Including rare photos from her young life, romances and early career. [107][108], Monroe's three other films in 1952 continued with her typecasting in comedic roles that highlighted her sex appeal. [146], This was front-page news, and Monroe immediately took action to counter negative publicity. by Delilah Gray. [239] Truman Capote lobbied for Monroe to play Holly Golightly in a film adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's, but the role went to Audrey Hepburn as its producers feared that Monroe would complicate the production. [345] Some, such as Steinem, have viewed her as a victim of the studio system. [93] In her private life, Monroe had a short relationship with director Elia Kazan and also briefly dated several other men, including director Nicholas Ray and actors Yul Brynner and Peter Lawford. [211] Despite the difficulties, filming was completed on schedule by the end of 1956. [126], When Niagara was released in January 1953, women's clubs protested it as immoral, but it proved popular with audiences. [234] She chose George Cukor to direct and Miller rewrote some of the script, which she considered weak. [176], After filming for The Seven Year Itch wrapped up in November 1954, Monroe left Hollywood for the East Coast, where she and photographer Milton Greene founded their own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP)an action that has later been called "instrumental" in the collapse of the studio system. [54] In 1943, Dougherty enlisted in the Merchant Marine and was stationed on Santa Catalina Island, where Monroe moved with him. [306], Biographer Lois Banner writes that Monroe often subtly parodied her sex symbol status in her films and public appearances,[307] and that "the 'Marilyn Monroe' character she created was a brilliant archetype, who stands between Mae West and Madonna in the tradition of twentieth-century gender tricksters. [31], Over the next four years, Monroe's living situation changed often. [266] On June 7, Fox fired Monroe and sued her for $750,000 in damages. [136][137], In September, Monroe made her television debut in the Jack Benny Show, playing Jack's fantasy woman in the episode "Honolulu Trip". Woman claims she is the daughter of Marilyn Monroe and JFK Burbank, CA | A 56-year-old woman has presented a paternity action lawsuit this morning before the California state court, alleging that she is the biological daughter of Marilyn Monroe and former President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. NANCY MANISCALCO MIRACLE IS A NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT AND POET, SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE DRAMATIST'S GUILD OF AMERICA. [348] According to academic Susanne Hamscha, Monroe has continued relevance to ongoing discussions about modern society, and she is "never completely situated in one time or place" but has become "a surface on which narratives of American culture can be (re-)constructed", and "functions as a cultural type that can be reproduced, transformed, translated into new contexts, and enacted by other people". [264] To generate advance publicity, the press was invited to take photographs; these were later published in Life. The Smithsonian Institution has included her on their list of "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time",[329] and both Variety and VH1 have placed her in the top ten in their rankings of the greatest popular culture icons of the twentieth century. She took classes with Constance Collier and attended workshops on method acting at the Actors Studio, run by Lee Strasberg. Although the film was shot in Hollywood, the studio decided to generate advance publicity by staging the filming of a scene in which Monroe is standing on a subway grate with the air blowing up the skirt of her white dress on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. [197], The filming took place in Idaho and Arizona, with Monroe "technically in charge" as the head of MMP, occasionally making decisions on cinematography and with Logan adapting to her chronic lateness and perfectionism. [190] She would also be free to make one film with MMP per each completed film for Fox. [] The dumb blonde was a roleshe was an actress, for heaven's sake! [67] In September 1946, she divorced Dougherty, who opposed her career. Monroe continued to attract attention by wearing revealing outfits, most famously at the Photoplay Awards in January 1953, where she won the "Fastest Rising Star" award. "[45], Monroe found a more permanent home in September 1938, when she began living with Grace's aunt Ana Lower in the west-side district of Sawtelle. [224] Monroe demanded dozens of retakes, and did not remember her lines or act as directedCurtis famously said that kissing her was "like kissing Hitler" due to the number of retakes. [86] In December 1950, Hyde negotiated a seven-year contract for Monroe with 20th Century-Fox. Born in 1922, he served in the US Navy during the Second World War. By the mid 1950s, she stood for a brand of classless glamour, available to anyone using American cosmetics, nylons and peroxide. For other uses, see, 19541955: Conflicts with 20th Century-Fox and marriage to Joe DiMaggio, 19561959: Critical acclaim and marriage to Arthur Miller, 19601962: Career decline and personal difficulties. After Gladys filed for divorce in 1921, Jasper kidnapped Berniece and her brother, Robert Kermit, and raised them in his native Kentucky. [46] She was enrolled at Emerson Junior High School and went to weekly Christian Science services with Lower. Demi Moores Daughter Scout Willis Teases Fans With Daring Video That Channels Marilyn Monroes Iconic. [268] The studio blamed Monroe for the film's demise and began spreading negative publicity about her, even alleging that she was mentally disturbed. [8] Her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker (ne Monroe), was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico[9] to a poor Midwestern family who migrated to California at the turn of the century. [74] To network, she frequented producers' offices, befriended gossip columnist Sidney Skolsky, and entertained influential male guests at studio functions, a practice she had begun at Fox. Seven Year Itch. [139] Despite mixed reviews, the film was Monroe's biggest box office success at that point in her career. [80], When her contract at Columbia ended, Monroe returned again to modeling. [131] Prompted by such imagery, veteran star Joan Crawford publicly called the behavior "unbecoming an actress and a lady". Robert tragically died from kidney failure in 1933 aged 14. [214], After returning from England, Monroe took an 18-month hiatus to concentrate on family life. [208] Olivier, who had also directed and starred in the stage play, angered her with the patronizing statement "All you have to do is be sexy", and with his demand she replicate Vivien Leigh's stage interpretation of the character. [182] She grew close to Strasberg and his wife Paula, receiving private lessons at their home due to her shyness, and soon became a family member. Mega Marilyn Monroe did not die childless, according to a 72-year-old woman confined to a Florida healthcare facility who made a shocking deathbed confession: I am Marilyn Monroes secret daughter! [98] Three of Monroe's films Clash by Night, Don't Bother to Knock and We're Not Married! were released soon after to capitalize on the public interest. [297] For example, when she was asked what she had on in the 1949 nude photo shoot, she replied, "I had the radio on". (1948). YouTube As a little girl, I was determined to realize my dreams. [311], According to Dyer, Monroe became "virtually a household name for sex" in the 1950s and "her image has to be situated in the flux of ideas about morality and sexuality that characterised the Fifties in America", such as Freudian ideas about sex, the Kinsey report (1953), and Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (1963). For the role, she learned an Ozark accent, chose costumes and makeup that lacked the glamor of her earlier films, and provided deliberately mediocre singing and dancing. [304], Although Monroe's screen persona as a dim-witted but sexually attractive blonde was a carefully crafted act, audiences and film critics believed it to be her real personality. She faced a scandal when it was revealed that she had posed for nude photographs prior to becoming a star, but the story did not damage her career and instead resulted in increased interest in her films. At 4:25a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department was notified. WebAt the same time, Norma Jean began a modeling career and became an actress under the stage name Marilyn Monroe. [165][166][167] After returning to the U.S., she was awarded Photoplay's "Most Popular Female Star" prize. Marilyn Monroe's daughter is Nancy Maniscalco Miracle, who is the administrator and founder of the Marilyn Monroe Foundation. [284] Monroe was later entombed at Crypt No. WebWoman claims she is the daughter of Marilyn Monroe and JFK Burbank, CA | A 56-year-old woman has presented a paternity action lawsuit this morning before the California state court, alleging that she is the biological daughter of Marilyn Monroe and former President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. [59], The agency deemed Monroe's figure more suitable for pin-up than high fashion modeling, and she was featured mostly in advertisements and men's magazines. On January 14, she and Joe DiMaggio were married at the San Francisco City Hall. 1k followers Marilyn Monroe Daughter Now everyone knows how amazing Marilyn Monroe was and she is extremely well known for always looking gorgeous (A true style icon) but what most people dont [144] Under pressure from the studio's owner, Spyros Skouras, Zanuck had also decided that Fox should focus exclusively on entertainment to maximize profits and canceled the production of any "serious films". [285], In the following decades, several conspiracy theories, including murder and accidental overdose, have been introduced to contradict suicide as the cause of Monroe's death. [260] On May 19, she took a break to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on stage at President John F. Kennedy's early birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York. [286] The speculation that Monroe had been murdered first gained mainstream attention with the publication of Norman Mailer's Marilyn: A Biography in 1973, and in the following years became widespread enough for the Los Angeles County District Attorney John Van de Kamp to conduct a "threshold investigation" in 1982 to see whether a criminal investigation should be opened. [15][b] In 2022, DNA testing indicated that Monroe's father was Charles Stanley Gifford (1898-1965),[20][21][22] Her mother, Gladys Pearl (Monroe), was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, to American parents from Indiana and Missouri, and was a film-cutter at Consolidated Film Industries. A [28] After several months in a rest home, she was committed to the Metropolitan State Hospital. [171], In September 1954, Monroe began filming Billy Wilder's comedy The Seven Year Itch, starring opposite Tom Ewell as a woman who becomes the object of her married neighbor's sexual fantasies. "[308] Monroe herself stated that she was influenced by West, learning "a few tricks from herthat impression of laughing at, or mocking, her own sexuality". 158 likes. Baumgarth was initially not happy with the photos, but published one of them in 1950; Monroe was not publicly identified as the model until 1952. [324] Other studios also attempted to create their own Monroes: Universal Pictures with Mamie Van Doren,[325] Columbia Pictures with Kim Novak,[326] and The Rank Organisation with Diana Dors. [188], By the end of the year, Monroe and Fox signed a new seven-year contract, as MMP would not be able to finance films alone, and the studio was eager to have Monroe working for them again. Miss Monroe and DiMaggio are flying home today", "The streak continues for 'Lefty' O'Doul", "Marilyn Monroe (left) stands with (l to r) Marine Col. William K. 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