In a heartbreaking Oct. 9, 1954, letter from Yankee legend DiMaggio, her secondo husband, he begs her to come back home three days after she announced to the world that she was divorcing him.
"Marilyn, I keep Leggere reports about te being sick and naturally I'm concerned … I Amore te and want to be with you. There is nothing I would like better than to restore your confidence in me so that I can help te regain your once healthy self.
"My cuore diviso, spalato even wider seeing te cry in front of all these people and looking as though te were ready to collapse at any second."
He ends the letter...
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