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Feb 24, 2024 · He married three times, served honorably as a Los Angeles police officer, and even had a hand in inventing the SWAT team. But he’s best remembered for his relationship with his first wife, Norma Jeane Baker — better known as Marilyn Monroe. To most, Dougherty is a footnote in the story of Marilyn Monroe’s life.
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Aug. 18, 2005 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. James Dougherty, a retired Los Angeles police detective who earned a niche in Hollywood history when he married a pretty teenager named Norma Jean...
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 .
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- April 12, 1921, Torrance, California, U.S.
- 1949–1974
- Officer in the Los Angeles Police Department
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.” Their marriage did not last long, and Dougherty went on to live his own life, but their relationship had a lasting effect on him.
James Dougherty was the first husband of famous Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe. He was an American police officer who had also served in the Navy. Prior to joining the Navy, he worked at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. He was married to Norma Jeane, a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe, for four years from 1942 to 1946, before she became a star.
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Sep 6, 2022 · LAPD policeman James Dougherty was Monroe’s first husband. On June 19, 1942, Monroe married Dougherty, then 21, when she was 16 years old. Schani Krug, producer of the documentary...
Aug 21, 2005 · August 21, 200512:00 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday. Listen. Playlist. Marilyn Monroe's first husband, James Dougherty, a major influence on her career, has died at 84. Schani...
