Thief takes Marilyn Monroe statue from Hollywood gazebo

Associated Press | Wednesday, June 19, 2019 3:57 p.m.

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The statue of actress Marilyn Monroe is missing from atop the “Ladies of Hollywood Gazebo” on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, June 18, 2019. - A statue of Marilyn Monroe which is normally perched atop the gazebo’s Eiffel Tower-shaped structure was stolen on June 16. Police said investigators had recovered some prints at the scene but had yet to make any arrests.

LOS ANGELES — Goodbye, Norma Jean?

Officials say someone climbed a more than two-story tall Hollywood public art piece and stole a statue of Marilyn Monroe.

The statue depicting Monroe in her iconic pose from the 1955 film “The Seven Year Itch” went missing early Monday from the “Four Ladies of Hollywood” gazebo.

Los Angeles Councilman Mitch O’Farrell says a witness saw someone climb the gazebo on the Hollywood Walk Fame and saw off the statue.

Los Angeles police say investigators have recovered fingerprints from the gazebo.

The gazebo was erected in 1994. It pays tribute to women in film, with depictions of Dolores Del Rio, Dorothy Dandridge, Mae West and Anna May Wong making up the structure’s pillars.

Monroe, whose real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson, died in 1962.