Marilyn Monroe’s Fondness for JFK Without Intent to Break Up His Marriage, Claims Friend of Frank Sinatra

In a newly released memoir by Tony Oppedisano, a close friend and former road manager of Frank Sinatra, more details emerge about the relationship between Marilyn Monroe, President John F. Kennedy, and his brother Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.

According to Oppedisano, Monroe had strong feelings for President Kennedy and their relationship was clearly intimate.

Through conversations with Sinatra over the years, Oppedisano learned that Monroe admired the president and respected him for his work in the country.

However, Oppedisano emphasizes that she was not in love with him but rather looked up to him.

The famous scene of Monroe's “Happy Birthday” performance for the president in May 1962 speaks volumes about their connection, Oppedisano notes.

He also recalls driving with Sinatra in California and being shown a bungalow where Monroe and President Kennedy would engage in their rendezvous.

Despite the obvious attraction between Monroe and the president, Oppedisano acknowledges that Monroe was aware of their respective positions – he as the president and a married man with children, and she as an actress.

Consequently, Monroe did not want to jeopardize his marriage and refrained from taking their relationship too far.

Oppedisano adds that Sinatra believed Monroe had a sense of ethics and morals that she tried to uphold.

He also mentions the involvement of Robert F. Kennedy, the president's younger brother and attorney general at the time.

It is unclear how Monroe became involved with both Kennedy brothers, as accounts vary.

Some suggest that President Kennedy passed her onto Bobby after their relationship fizzled out, while others claim she sought solace with Bobby to get back at the president.

According to Oppedisano, Bobby wanted to prove to Monroe that he was just as important as his brother, often sharing sensitive information with her.

However, towards the end of her life, Bobby believed that Monroe was unraveling.

The circumstances surrounding Monroe's death in August 1962, attributed to a barbiturate overdose and ruled a probable suicide, remain highly debated.

There are conflicting accounts about whether Bobby visited her shortly before her death.

Tragically, both Kennedy brothers met untimely deaths as well, with President Kennedy being assassinated in 1963 and Bobby in 1968.

Sinatra, deeply affected by Monroe's demise, held the belief that she had been murdered, as revealed in Oppedisano's memoir.

It is a sentiment he never managed to overcome.