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Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe in 1954

Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe in 1954

The baseball legend and the movie icon were married less than a year, but they remained friends after their 1954 union ended. After she died in 1962, he sent fresh roses to her grave twice a week for the next 20 years.

In this photo: Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1954