This day in baseball: The Monroe-DiMaggio marriage ends

On October 27, 1954, the high-profile marriage between Yankee superstar Joe DiMaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe ended in divorce.  Monroe filed on the grounds of mental cruelty, a mere 274 days after the wedding.

Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe on the cover of Now Magazine, January 1954 issue (Wikimedia Commons)


3 thoughts on “This day in baseball: The Monroe-DiMaggio marriage ends

    1. Reminds me of teenagers who think they are madly in love and that it’ll be that way forever, only to have reality hit, along with the realization that it was only lust.

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