MM collector Scott Fortner talks to Good Times about the ‘Legacy of a Legend’ and ‘Marilyn Unveiled’ charity gala and exhibit, coming up this Saturday, March 17, at Chaminade Resort & Spa, Santa Cruz.
‘It’s a testament to Monroe’s iconic status that a display of items from her off-screen life can still draw a crowd a full five decades after her death. One has to wonder what it is about the actress that makes her such a perennial subject of fascination. Fortner says he’s presented that question to each of the thousands of Marilyn Monroe fans he’s met over the years. “The one answer I receive time and time again is that people feel a need to protect her,” he notes. “I hear this from people who actually knew Marilyn, and also from casual fans born after Marilyn died.”’
