Marilyn Monroe was a legend. In her own lifetime she created a myth of what a poor girl from a
poor background could attain. For the entire world she became a symbol of the eternally
feminine but I have no words to describe the myth or the legend I did not know this Marilyn
Monroe We, gathered here today, knew only Marilyn a warm human being, impulsive
shy,sensiti ve and in fear of rejection, yet ever avid for life and reaching out for fulfilment. Despite
the heights and brilliance she had attained on screen she was planning for the future, she was
looking forward to particapating in the many exciting things which she planned. In her eyes
and mind her career was just beginning. The dream of her talent which she had nurtured as
a child was not a mirage. Others were as physically beutiful as she was but there was
something more in her, something people recognised in her performances.She had a luminous
qulity, a combination of wistfullness, radiance, yearning to set her apart and yet made
everyone else wish to be part of it, to share in the childish naivite which was at once so shy and
yet so vibrant. Now it is all at end. I hope her death will stir sympathy and understanding
for a sensitive artist and woman who brought so much joy and pleasure to the world. I
cannot say goodbye Marilyn never liked goodbyes, but in the peculiar way she had of turning
things around so they faced reality. I will say aurevior. For the country to which she has
gone, we must all someday visit