“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013)

August 5 2022 — Marilyn Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose late in the evening of Saturday, August 4, 1962, at her 12305 Fifth Helena Drive home in Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered before dawn on Sunday, August 5. On the same day, Nelson Mandela was arrested in Durban, South Africa. Almost everyone has heard the conspiracy theory about Monroe being murdered by the CIA. Sadly, almost no one knows that the arrest of Nelson Mandela was made possible by a tip-off from the CIA. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY

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According to a popular conspiracy theory, Monroe was murdered by the CIA due to her association with Robert F. Kennedy, as the agency wanted revenge for the Kennedys’ handling of the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

There is of course not a shred of evidence to support this theory.

It’s been 60 years since Marilyn Monroe was discovered on Aug. 5, 1962, in her bed in her Brentwood home, her hand draped lifelessly over the phone.

The shocking death of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars generated decades of speculation as to whether her overdose was a suicide, an accident or something more sinister.

The conspiracies grew to such a point that the Los Angeles County district attorney‘s office reopened an investigation into the actress’ death in 1982 — 20 years after she died.

But conspiracists wondering why the deputy medical examiner who performed the autopsy found no barbiturate residue in the 36-year-old movie star’s stomach if she ingested the drugs orally were disappointed by the answers.

“D.A. Finds No Evidence of Marilyn Monroe Murder,” a Los Angeles Times headline blared in late 1982, just months after the D.A.’s probe got underway. [Los Angeles Times — Why Marilyn Monroe’s sudden death still evokes mystery, questions 60 years later (Aug. 5 2022)]

On the other hand…

Donald Rickard — ex-CIA agent and diplomat — claimed that the arrest of Nelson Mandela was made possible by a tip-off from the US Central Intelligence Agency.

On August 5 1962, Mandela was posing as a chauffeur when his car was stopped at a roadblock by the police in the eastern city of Durban.

Three decades later, on February 11 1990 Mandela walked out of prison and embarked on a decade of historic endeavor.

President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, Mandela was nevertheless kept on the US terror watch list until 2008.

Johnny Clegg with Nelson Mandela – Asimbonanga

Asimbonanga — We have not seen him

Asimbonang’ umandela thina — We have not seen Mandela

Laph’ekhona –Iin the place where he is

Laph’ehleli khona — In the place where he is kept

REFERENCES

Nelson Mandela: CIA tip-off led to 1962 Durban arrest — BBC News

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