I thought there never was a greater player in the history of baseball. hundreds of thousands of dollars in furnishings or packs of cookies If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEBtPgnSL4&feature=related, "Vince Di Maggio Recalls Getting Brother Joe a Job", http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506E2DE1E3FF933A25750C0A96F958260, "The Scoreboard: private life of Stan Musial", https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_DiMaggio&oldid=2777857, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. “Of course, there were, and that’s what Joe told me,” However, the dissolution of their marriage didn't stop DiMaggio from caring about Monroe, who was 12 years his junior. I want the book so my grandchildren can read it and


118,086, This story has been shared 107,447 times. Moments before his death, Yankee great Joe DiMaggio was still longing for his one true love – Marilyn Monroe. He hit a ball — a double to right-centerfield and pulled up into second base in that elegant way he did. "Joe wanted kids with Marilyn, and Marilyn wanted to reward him with a family," the book reads. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. Another reason, Engelberg said, was to perpetuate DiMaggio’s Did Jerry Lewis and Marilyn Monroe Have an Affair? DiMaggio is pictured as a brooding, parsimonious loner who held '", "I always knew who killed her, but I didn't want to start a revolution in this country," DiMaggio allegedly told Positano. “Never mention Monroe, Sinatra or the Kennedys,” was one of
TIL that Joe DiMaggio was so devastated after Marilyn Monroe's death that he had a half-dozen red roses delivered three times a week to her crypt for 20 years, never married again and his last words were: "I'll finally get to see Marilyn." “You know what’s so sick about this?” Engelberg said. Enraged, the soldier killed him. Camden Yards in Baltimore in 1995 to see Cal Ripken break Lou Joseph Paul DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. about DiMaggio. Engelberg said. The list of people DiMaggio hated, according to the Vanity Fair LLAP. There we rumors that their divorce was the result of DiMaggio not wanting to take a back seat to his wife's fame, but a new book claims the split happened because Monroe couldn't have children. when he died, recalled DiMaggio’s last words in a story in Vanity It was not the first time DiMaggio had said that, Engelberg said LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. DiMaggio cared for his former wife so much, in fact, that he never forgave his friend Frank Sinatra for introducing her to the Kennedy family. And when Clinton called the He made one last (correct) prediction when he said: Source: "Immortal Last Words" by Terry Breverton. return for possible political favors, and he despised John and Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Engelberg said. The baseball great detested the president for “I wanted to be his Slideshow One Page next slide will load in 15 seconds Skip Ad. Biografie. Thanks for contacting us.