Autopsy Marilyn Monroe

DYING FOR BUSINESS

Vidal Herrera lives to give voice to the dead.

When a swaddled corpse arrives at his morgue, Herrera knows it's because there are suspicions surrounding a loved one's demise from grieving family members.

Did Grandma really die of old age at the nursing home? Was it heart disease that caused Dad's death?

Dead men tell no tales, but their skin tissue, organ samples and body fluids speak, and it's Herrera's job as an autopsy technician to collect the evidence for the answers.

"Death has been good to me," said Herrera, a giant of a man with broad shoulders and a wide smile who wears black-and-red surgical scrubs.

A La Crescenta resident, Herrera founded 1-800-AUTOPSY nearly 25 years ago. The business specializes in everything from private forensic autopsies to toxicology analysis, tissue and brain procurement to post-mortem DNA paternity analysis.

"Death sustains me," Herrera says. "It motivates me."

Now Herrera wants to pass on that motivation to a new generation of autopsy technicians.

He's hoping to expand 1-800-AUTOPSY across the nation, and he wants willing veterans returning home from the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan to learn how to collect body samples.

It's the veterans, especially those wounded in combat, he says, who need jobs the most.

"As a technician, a veteran will have a job, and they'll have their dignity and self-esteem," Herrera said. "I want to do this because I know exactly what some of them go through."

Before 1970, clinical autopsies were performed on at least 50percent of all those who died in hospitals. That rate has fallen to from 2 percent to 5 percent because of hospital closures and the rise of managed care, Herrera said.

But Dr. Ossama Tawfik, a spokesman for the American Society for Clinical Pathology, said the number of autopsies has fallen because there are fewer mysteries.

"Things have changed in the medical field," Tawfik said. "We know more about the patient when they are alive, so the value of the autopsy services was reduced."

But occasionally, there is a need, especially with pediatric diseases, he said.

"There is a value, but not as much as 25 to 30 years ago," he said.

Herrera disagrees, calling the autopsy business recession-proof.

Citing data he has researched, he said nearly 2million people die each year nationwide. But in 20 years, that figure is expected to increase to 4 million because of the aging baby boomer population.

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Following the death a number of photos of Monroe became available and were widely circulated. I’m from Brazil and I’m a Marilyn’s fan too, ando I need to say about this photo that is not a Marilyn autopsy photo, obviously, because hers eyebrow are so much different, such as hers lips and the shape of her face, is visible that is not her. Many photos Cursum Perficio: Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood Hacienda–The Story of Her Final Months by Gary Vitacco-Robles Photos included. Louella Parsons’ newspaper column quoted Joan Crawford discussing Monroe’s “vulgarity” and describing her behavior as “unbecoming an actress and a lady”. Henry’s Full House for 20th Century Fox, released in August 1952, Monroe had a single one-minute scene with Charles Laughton yet received top billing alongside him and the film’s other stars, including Anne Baxter, Farley Granger, Jean Peters and Richard Widmark. DVD VHS Marilyn Files (1991) Based on the research of Robert F. A Hollywood Underground friend, Roger, was present at that funeral told me that as they were taking Marilyn to her crypt, Joe DiMaggio wanted to see her just one more time. Exclusive interviews with those who have never spoken publicly about Marilyn Monroe, such as: Jean Peters, former wife of Howard Hughes. ISBN 0-8050-7818-5. Clayton, Marie (2004). Marilyn Monroe: Unseen Archives. Marilyn Monroe smoke 521 x 640 – 46k – jpg connect.