Well..
Of course, I'm sad to see Immortal Marilyn closing now.. I'll remember it as the best US group, and i'll miss it, and also some of you..
I know my Dear Mary we'll stay in touch, you are a great friend, even those last weeks I stayed silencious..
I understand your decision, and all i can say is that you made a wonderfull work which will stay in our hearts and memories. You and the Staff..
Thank you for all you did, all this great work, for the happiness you brought here, for your friendship.
It's not an "Adieu", but just an "Au revoir" ;o) I prefer to take this like that.. :o)..
And all I could add are the lyrics Marilyn sung for .. uhmmm a President? ;o)

Thanks, Miss. President For all the things you've done The battles that you've won..

..We thank you so much."

Lots of love for you!

Kevin..





Immortal Marilyn

It was an honor to be a member of this terrific group! I am not really taking this very well! To quote an old song "They Say That All Good Things Must End". But to me, Immortal Marilyn will live in my heart forever! I hate good byes! To me it's a worse word than any of the bad cuss words out there! I truly love everyone in this group! I will miss Immortal Marilyn terribly! So I will close this e-note the same way Shaney did hers! "Remember... cheers! No Tears!!"
Hip! Hip! Hooray!!!
Hip! Hip! Hooray!!!
HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

Joey Traughber
Member of Immortal Marilyn -- Always and Forever!


Goodbye Immortal Marilyn

Goodbye Immortal...
Chris


Thank You

Dear members and staff of IM,
Well, this is it.
My last post to the club.
I know I dropped a line earlier but I do want to use this opportunity for the last time to say 'Thank you'.
I enjoyed being a member so much. Reading your posts, meeting you (or at least some of you) in LA.
Friendships have formed am I am sure I'll stay in touch with quite a few people.
I will never forget IM and I will miss this group terribly.
I wish you all the best and hope to 'see' you in another group someday and of course at the 2012 memorial.
By to you all!!
Carolien from Belgium


cheers and some tears from down under

well after a year in hiatus ive come back to find IM closing.
ive been reading everyones posts.
I found IM when it was hollywoodland. way back in 99. when i first got a computer. I did the same as Linda. opening my email for the first time to find hundreds of emails with attachements. not knowing any better i deleted until i wised up. and from then on a daily fix. i too had many arguements with my partner over the time i spent in IM. ive meet some wonderful people all be it on the net, met Ross in person. we got together a couple times a year to talk and share marilyn.
thanks mary for being you and sharing our passion thanks to the IM staffers for all their time and effort.
Linda - thanks for the tut for coloring. one day i will get around to it.
im going to miss the birthday cards, and the secret santa, my mail box being stuffed to the max with gossip, pics and so on. i cant even share my favourite pics of marilyn because im on my work computer and not many pic's of marilyn on it.
catch up with everyone on the marilyn network
cheers from down under
"0)
your aussie marilyn friend
jilly


Goodbye everybody, adios amigos...

hope you find your way home in the dark... just follow 'this' star and you can't go wrong...

If any of you are ever in Scotland, then come visit...

peace, joy and love to everyone.

fraser xXx


Hullo and Goodbye !!!

I have been reading all the messages over the last couple of weeks, and havent said a word!!
Maybe I think I just dont want to believe Immortal Marilyn will cease to exist, and all those daily messages I have received for the last 7 years are suddenly going to stop.
I am saddened by this, but can understand why Mary and the others have decided this is the best way to bow out.

To Mary and all the Immortal Marilyn staff - thank you for all the time and effort (and the expense!!) that you have gone to. What dedication and what a lot of pleasure you have brought to many people.

I have been fortunate to meet some of you, others I still hope to meet in the future.

I'm sorry but I dont seem to be able to express myself at the moment. We have all been brought together by this beautiful lady that I have idolised for many years.

And I am so thrilled that this is her legacy. That many years after she has left us, complete strangers can meet and become close friends. Bless you Marilyn, I am sure you are up there and smiling upon us.

Holding A Good Thought For you All, Love from Ross


Thank you all from Scandinavia!

Hi, each and everyone on the list.

I'd like to say a great thanks to each and everyone on the list for contributing to this great list and community.
I haven't had the time to really participate as much as I had hoped to, but I've stayed subscribed all the same and have been able to enjoy all the Marilyn stuff you have offered, as well as sharing the joy and social interaction between members, including your great meet in LA.
(I've actually got a back ImmortalMarilyn- folder of some 300 Mb:s yet to read.... :-) )

A special thanks also to all the staff. You've done a great job and you can all continue your journey in life and Marilyn-land proudly waving your MM flag.
Mary, thank you very much.

Hope to see you all in the future somewhere else in MM-space.

Take care everyone, thanks again,
Lasse


Goodbye from Melinda

Well, I wanted to get one last post in and say that it has truly been a joy to know all of you. This group has made my 2 trips to LA (and one to New York) possible. If it wasn't for you guys I would never have left my little town for any Marilyn adventures. I am still showing my photobook from this year's trip to friends and family and everyone comments on what an amazing experience it must have been. And I have IM to thank for it.

Again, hope to see most of you at NJ2MM or Forever Marilyn. I have my own yahoo group at http://movies. groups.yahoo. com/group/ mymarilyn/ it is just a mailing list really for anyone who wants to keep in touch with what is going on with me and my podcast/websites.

Melinda
www.mymarilyn. ca
www.imarilyn. com
www.marilynmonroe. ca


Goodbye from Croatia

Hi,
Every morning I was checking my mail and reading what is going on...
Know it will be sad to open my mail without seeing Marlyn's name on it. I don't know where you all will go (what group) but I hope I will found some of you somewhere. If there is any special website that you all will go let me know so I can join. In August I visited L.A. with my sister for the first time and seeing Marlyn's Brentwood home and her crypt in Westwood was something that I will never forget.
I almost never posted anything but I was reading every day for past 2 years. Now I feel little bit mad of my self that I didn't post anything thru this years because I will not have that chance anymore....

Best to you all,
Ivana and Maria


A LAST GOODBYE

Mary and family, I guess this is my last goodbye to everyone. This all is still quite a shock to me. Never, did I think this huge and wonderful group would close. I want to take this chance to be sure and thank Mary and Shaney for helping through a time that was probably one of the most difficult times of my life. Mary thank you for being there and taking all the late night calls and helping me to cope with what was going on. I'm sure you know what I mean. And Shaney, You helped me to realize that things really do happen that way and there's nothing we can do about it. I want to thank you for loving me enough to stand by me long enough for my stubborn head to believe that. You both have been wonderful, wonderful friends to me over these years. I have also met some great people in this group that I have became very close to. And as David said, I never thought it would happen in an online group.
I hope she is reading this now, and if she is I want Geenie to know that I love her and have never regretted a moment of friendship we have. I met her through this great group. She has so much knowledge on our wonderful Marilyn. She has taught me so much about our Girl. Geenie has a love of Marilyn that passes no other. Talking to her about Marilyn just makes anyone Happy.
Caroldarling has been a true friend to me over the years and I never would have met this wonderful soul had it not been for this wonderful group. I finally got to meet her this year at the Memorial and it was fantastic!
I do have a Memory that I want to share and that is going to the IM Pool Party this year for the first time. I had told Mary over and over through emails and over the phone that I couldn't wait to hug her neck for everything she had done for me. When Wayne and I arrived at the Orchid and were walking past the rooms I heard a voice and eventhough I had never met her in person I knew it was Mary's. I stopped at the door of that room and yelled inside to Mary and like you David, it was as if Mary and I had known eachother forever. We hugged for the longest time and I could cry now at just the thought of the loving feeling that Mary can give. I almost didn't want to let go. Seeing her face for real after all these years of emails, she was just great. I never thought that a common interest that we all share would make us all REALLY love eachother the way we do. But I guess if you truely love Marilyn the way we do then your heart is just a certain kind of loving heart and I think that kind is unconditional. Shaney was the same way when I hugged her. I hope I get to see you all again because I most certainly will be going back. I have to say I was very itimidated at meeting Suzie and I was sooo shocked when she came and sat down and started talking to ME first. LOL This group will be missed. There is no doubt. And for me It will never, ever be forgotten. Shar, Heather, Mary, Shaney, Geenie, Tony, David, Dawn, Caroldarling, Linda, I could go on and on but I want to thank all of you for being my friend over the years and I hope that we never loose touch. As with my ever growing love for Marilyn, I will always remember my time here with all of you and love all of you even more. With happy memories and happy thoughts of the future,
Cindy


Farewell Till we meet again

To Everyone at IM
To Everyone At IM I know I said farewell the other day, but since today is the last day. I thought of this verse that sums up my feelings and again Thank You.
Every now and then we find a special friend that never lets us down.
Who understands It all reaches out each time we fall.
Your the best friend that I found.
I know you can't stay, but part of you will never ever go away.
Your heart will stay.
I'll make a wish for You and hope it will come true.
That life will just be kind to such a gentle mind.
And if You lose your way.
Think back on Yesterday.
Remember me this way.
Remember me this way.
Keep In Touch
Always
Theresa


Not a good bye

Hi everybody !
We`ve been together and gave the best of ourselves, we have the net to get in contact so it is not a good bye. I`m glad we made our dream come true to be the biggest and one of the best Marilyn group so i am happy today because after all Immortal Marilyn will be remembered for the gathering for the videos the rare pictures, the games, the prizes and all what made this group unique, as Shane said all staffers felt at one point we had our lives hurt by giving ourselves to much to IM but as all know there is absolutely no regret.
We met great friends here. Thanks Grazia , Woodie, Joey, Fraser and everyone (I read all the mails...) who said great things about IM and about me too :)
I thank Mary for trusting me for so long to all our staffers present and past because together we made what it was.
To everyone to help in good and bad times. We had it all and now we have the memories...
So thanks for the memory...
Alberto


Lovely site

I only joined the other day, so I don't know any of you, but judging by some of the emails, this has been a fantastic place.
All the best to all of you.
Marilyn Forever.
Aidaclo


last day

Hi everyone, I don't want to say goodbye, for it's too cold and final. I would rather say "until we meet again" because I think we all will do that again. IM may be closing but the memories of the groupand the good times with one another will live on just as our love of Marilyn.
Warm Wishes,
Tommy


last day Grazia

dearest my friends
the party is ended goes to house
us they remain many beautiful memories.
they will always remain in our hearts and our mind FOREVER
thank
Grazia


Last Day

You know what this day reminds me of?

Remember the last day of school when you were a kid - running around and having your classmates sign your yearbook and exchanging phone numbers? Thats what it feels like for me now, as I rush to try to get my last emails in and making sure I have everyone's private email addresses so as not to lose touch. The only difference is that high school was definitely not as fun as being here.

Edgar


My Last Email To Immortal Marilyn

Hi gang,

Yes this it...my final email to Immortal Marilyn, but not to my friends I made here at IM!!!
We will stay in touch, I'll assure you that!!
I'm not sure what to say really in this last email. Again thank you all for all the great support you gave to IM and to me personally when I needed that. I'll never forget the warm and sweet emails, the great photos and the warm friendships!!!
Immortal Marilyn may be closing down in a few hours but she will always live on in our hearts!!! Remember that!!!
I can't be here with you all in the final hours due the time difference, but I'll be here with you in spirit.
Thank you Immortal Marilyn, members, staffers...for all what you mean and are to me!!!!
Until we meet again...and we will!!!

Love always,
Linda

"I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful." ~ Marilyn Monroe


Turning Off Now

Hi Everyone

I’m turning off my computer now, and I don’t know if I’ll be up in time for the official close (tomorrow morning our time). I will certainly try, but if not, I just want to say once again, thank you so much to all my friends at IM for making the past ten years or so, very special. It wasn’t until this week that I realised how very much IM has meant to me over the years, and I will certainly miss you all. I guess I’ve always taken it for granted that there will be IM messages in my in-box every morning!

Please keep in touch and whatever you do – have fun!

Love

Michelle

xxxxxx


Goodbye ImmortalMarilyn

Just a tribute to all the staff all over those years, Debbie, Leslie, Mary, Linda, Alberto...
I hope to stay in touch with all of you
Bisous from France
Chris





Bye Everyone - See You Around!

Hi guys,
Just wanted to take this opportunity to say goodbye to you all on our last day.
I've have loved reading the mails about how people found IM and what she means to them, in fact, some of them have really touched my heart, your love for IM is so strong and that's just wonderful.
I am also really happy that we will continue to have the IM webpage as a tribute to this amazing group and her amazing members. Just a little to let people know what IM was and what she stood for.
Well, this is it, so I'll see you on some of the other groups and the UKers, I'll see you soon.....I can't get rid of you lot...haha!
To my friends and my wonderful fellow staffers
Cherio for now,

Becka
xxxx

IM Senior Staff


agony!!!!

Well here goes nuthin! Folks I gotta tell ya I have put this letter off cause I don't want to write it. Im a big baby when it comes to my Marilyn friends. You all have improved my life thousands of folds!!! Please keep in touch with me regarding trips, or gettogether! !!! Love to all, write anytime. Cindy, but my heart belongs to Ceasar, da da da de da


With apologies to Kylie

Here we are in the dead of night
Will you keep me warm and hold me tight
All we have is until the dawn
Let the night be long and ease the dawn

I love y'all more than you'll ever know
It hurts to see you go
So Darling sing me a lullaby of
Bittersweet goodbye

Don't think about the future now
These few hours
Let the nighttime envelop us
Take us under
Bewitching spell, bewitching spell

Here we are in the dead of night
Won't see you past the morning light
So Darling sing me a lullaby
Bittersweet goodbye

May we meet on our way home.

Eric Monroe Woodard


Goodbye

I am so sadden to have to say goodbye to such a wonderful Marilyn group :( I know i dont get the chance to post very much but it has been wonderful to be a part of such a fantastic Marilyn group!!! I just cant believe it has come to a close..... I wish you all farewell and hope we can keep in touch!!!! :( :(

Lots of love to you ALL!!!!!!!!

XMelanieX
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*Photographs by Eve Arnold as a Magnum photographer on the set of The Misfits, 1960.
Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn in six sessions dating from 1952 to 1961.


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