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Feb 24, 2024 · James Dougherty married Norma Jeane Baker, who later became Marilyn Monroe, when she was 16 and he was 20. They divorced in 1946 after he refused to end her career as a model and actress. He later served as a Los Angeles police officer and helped invent the SWAT team.
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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.
Dougherty, the first of Monroe’s three husbands, died Monday of complications of leukemia in San Rafael, Calif., his family said.
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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...
May 17, 2023 · James Dougherty was a young football player who married Norma Jeane Mortenson, later known as Marilyn Monroe, in 1942. They divorced in 1946 after Monroe's career took off, and Dougherty went on to have a successful law enforcement career and write books about his former wife.
Oct 3, 2022 · James Dougherty was a factory worker who married 16-year-old Norma Jeane Baker in 1942 to escape orphanage. They divorced in 1946 after she became a model and actress, but he remained fond of her.
