The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to designate the former home of actress Marilyn Monroe a historic landmark, preventing the demolition of the house where the Hollywood legend died.
The decision comes after a months-long battle between the council and the owners of the house, which is located in the upscale Brent wood neighborhood. “There is no person or place in Los Angeles more famous and important than Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood home,” said Mayor Tracy Park.
She continued, A number of Monroe’s most famous photographs were taken in this house and near its swimming pool, adding, Marilyn died there tragically, which makes her linked to this place forever