1962 suicides

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by her death in 1962.

American actress

death of American actress

Spanish bullfighter (1892–1962)

Coordinator of Operation Reinhard (1911-1962)

American costume designer (1900-1962)

Sri Lankan musician (1911–1962)

American writer (1933–1962)

German actress (1925–1962)

American novelist, nonfiction writer (1909–1962)

French general (1895-1962)

Finnish general (1894-1962)

Finnish actor

soviet agent

Soviet spy on the United States and Stalinist agent provocateur

American composer (1901-1962)