Most famous X-rays

The most famous / most interesting X-rays that have ever been taken could very well be Marilyn Monroe’s 3 chest x-rays, one frontal, and one from the side, taken in 1954 when she was 28 years old.

At least 2 are viewable at Julien’s Auctions website:

Hmm… with a figure like that, she probably kick-started an obsession with weighingscales among the ladies.

The website had the following notes:

… As a radiology resident at Cedars [of Lebanon Hospital] a young doctor obtained these x-rays. When he taught at the school himself, he used these x-rays to ensure that students were paying attention. Monroe was said to have known about the x-rays and their use, about which she said “isn’t that sweet.”

It was reported by the BBC on 28th June 2010 that the set sold for USD45,000 recently at a movie memorabilia auction at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, selling for much more than its USD3,000 pre-sale estimate.

She died in 1962 aged 36.

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