50 years on, Marilyn’s star shines bright, her image frozen in time

Only 11 years after her death, Elton John sang his ode to Marilyn Monroe: “Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did.”

What he didn’t know was how much truer his words would ring a few decades later. Monroe passed away a half-century ago this Sunday, a murky death that remains one of Hollywood’s most tantalising mysteries.