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TIL that Elizabeth Taylor once reached out to Marlyin Monroe privately and told her “No matter what they write about me, Marilyn, I never deny it. I never confirm it. I just keep smiling and walking forward. You do the same." after the press constantly tried to pit the two against each other.

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