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James Edward Dougherty (April 12, 1921 – August 15, 2005) was an American police officer, the first trainer of Special Weapons and Tactics. He is best known as the first husband of actress Marilyn Monroe. Biography. James Edward Dougherty was born on April 12, 1921, in Torrance, California.
Feb 24, 2024 · Before Marilyn Monroe famously wed baseball player Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, she married James Dougherty when she was just 16 years old and still known as Norma Jeane Baker. James Dougherty had a full life.
Aug 18, 2005 · Dougherty, the first of Monroe’s three husbands, died Monday of complications of leukemia in San Rafael, Calif., his family said.
James Dougherty, who had served in the Navy and was an officer for the Los Angeles Police Force, is most famous as the first husband of Marilyn Monroe.
Aug 21, 2005 · Marilyn Monroe's first husband, James Dougherty, a major influence on her career, has died at 84. Schani Krug, producer of the documentary Marilyn's Man, says Dougherty helped teach the teenage...
Jul 13, 2023 · James Dougherty knew Marilyn Monroe before her fame. He knew her so well, in fact, that he married her while she was still Norma Jeane Mortenson. He once said , “I knew Norma [Jeane], not Marilyn Monroe.”
Oct 2, 2022 · James Dougherty, formerly an American police officer, is most famously known as the first husband of actress Marilyn Monroe. James married Marilyn Monroe, or Norma Jean as she was known then, when she was just 16 years old - long before she became a Hollywood starlet.
Aug 19, 2005 · James Dougherty, a retired Los Angeles detective who was Marilyn Monroe's first husband, died on Monday in San Rafael, Calif. He was 84. The cause was complications of leukemia, his stepdaughter...
James Dougherty, Marilyn Monroe's first husband, has died at the age of 84 from leukaemia-related complications. The former Los Angeles police detective married the actress,...
Aug 17, 2005 · James Dougherty, the first spouse and last surviving ex-husband of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, has died in California, a relative said Wednesday.
