Marilyn Monroe Last Sitting

Just six weeks before her death on August 5, 1962, screen legend Marilyn Monroe posed for a photo shoot with photographer Bert Stern that came to be known as the "Last Sitting." In September 2008, Stern sued individuals who attempted to sell him photos from that shoot which Stern maintains were never returned to him.¹

Fast Facts

1. Monroe died: August 5, 1962²
2. Photographer: Bert Stern²
3. Stern published book containing the images in 1982²
4. Lindsay Lohan recreated shoot for Stern in 2008³
5. Stern filed lawsuit in September 2008 demanding images from shoot be returned to him¹

Monroe's Last Sitting

The "Last Sitting" has become a legendary shoot of Monroe, not only because it was the last semi-nude glamour shoot she would ever participate in, but also because of the haunting quality of the images.² In 2008, actress Lindsay Lohan posed as Marilyn Monroe in a recreation of the shoot, images from which appeared in New York magazine.³

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