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NEWS ABOUT: Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio stories: 9 news summaries

(AP) - An anonymous bidder paid more than $4.6 million to win an online auction for the crypt directly above the actress' final resting spot at a Los Angeles cemetery. Bidding started at $500,000 on Aug 14. The final bid was $4,602,100. The Los Angeles Times reported earlier... More »

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entertainment • Los Angeles • mortgage • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • crypt • Richard Poncher • Elsie Poncher

(Newser) - A former Beverly Hills resident is about to get a rude awakening when he's evicted from his crypt above Marilyn Monroe so his wife can sell it, reports the Los Angeles Times. Elsie Poncher says her hubby was a "helluva nice guy," but she needs the money to... More »

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eBay • auction • grave robbing • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • cemetery • crypt • burial plot

Obituary

BoSox Star
Dom DiMaggio Dead at 92

All-Star excelled in the shadow of brother Joe and Ted Williams

May 8, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dom DiMaggio, the talented younger brother of Joltin’ Joe, died today at the age of 92, the Boston Globe reports. The former Red Sox center fielder went to the All-Star Game seven times in his 11-year career, and earned accolades from his contemporaries. Ted Williams called DiMaggio “the best... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • David Halberstam • obituary • Joe DiMaggio • Ted Williams • baseball • Dom DiMaggio

 Church Scolded 
 Joe About Monroe 

'You never should have married her in the first place,' bishop told DiMaggio

Mar 9, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic bishop scolded divorced Joltin' Joe Dimaggio for marrying Marilyn Monroe—and the famous slugger never talked to the cleric again, reports the New York Post. After DiMaggio's marriage to Monroe dissolved, Bishop Fulton Sheen told him: "You had no business marrying her in the first place,"... More »

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divorce • Catholic Church • New York Yankees • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • celebrity divorces

GLOSSIES

 Vast Trove 
 Yields Marilyn Secrets 

Papers from unearthed Monroe filing cabinets suggest abortion

Sep 3, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Filing cabinets stuffed with receipts and letters are opening a window into Marilyn Monroe’s personal life, Vanity Fair reports. Payments for something "medical" coincide with her 1953 hospitalization for a gynecological procedure, suggesting an abortion, and notes she sent to husband Arthur Miller’s children while they were... More »

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Vanity Fair • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • artifacts • Robert F. Kennedy • Arthur Miller

Jeter, Politely, Nudges Yankees Legends Aside

Captain, 33, seems surprised to find he's passing big names in team's record books

May 7, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Derek Jeter passed Joe DiMaggio on the Yankees' all-time hits list earlier this season, he didn’t even notice. “I had no idea,” the captain tells the New York Post. “Somebody said something to me because I didn't see it flash on the scoreboard.” Jeter,... More »

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New York Yankees • Babe Ruth • Derek Jeter • Mickey Mantle • Joe DiMaggio • baseball • Yogi Berra

 Secret
 Monroe
 Porn
 Fetches
 $1.5M 

FBI once thought it tied to JFK

Apr 14, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A copy of an FBI-classified Marilyn Monroe sex tape quietly surfaced last month and sold for $1.5 million, reports the New York Post. The 15 minutes of silent footage, which the anonymous New York buyer plans to keep private so as not to make a “Paris Hilton out... More »

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FBI • John F. Kennedy • Marilyn Monroe • classified information • Joe DiMaggio • sex tape • J. Edgar Hoover • Robert F. Kennedy

Yankees Legend Rizzuto Dies

Aug 14, 07 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Phil Rizzuto, who filled the annals of the New York Yankees as both a shortstop and a broadcaster, is dead today at 89. The Scooter tended the infield for 13 years with the Bombers, alongside Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, and took home seven World Series titles. After being cut... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • obituary • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mickey Mantle • Phil Rizzuto • Joe DiMaggio • baseball

Foul-Mouthed Hit King Strikes Out with Kids

Rose chided by parents for vulgar tirade at baseball camp

Aug 3, 07 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - All-time leading hitter Pete Rose may have dropped the ball at a local Army-sponsored baseball camp, the Cincinnati Enquirer writes. Instead of advice on hitting or sage life lessons, the former Red regaled 7 to 14-year-old kids with a profanity-laden rant that included a description of the time he "... More »

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Cincinnati Reds • US Army • Pete Rose • Baseball Camp • Marilyn Monroe • Joe DiMaggio • baseball

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