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James Edward Dougherty (April 12, 1921 – August 15, 2005) was an American police officer, the first trainer of Special Weapons and Tactics. He is best known as the first husband of actress Marilyn Monroe.
James Dougherty had a full life. He married three times, served honorably as a Los Angeles police officer, and even had a hand in inventing the SWAT team. But he’s best remembered for his relationship with his first wife, Norma Jeane Baker — better known as Marilyn Monroe. To most, Dougherty is a footnote in the story of Marilyn Monroe’s ...
Dougherty, the first of Monroe’s three husbands, died Monday of complications of leukemia in San Rafael, Calif., his family said.
James Dougherty, who had served in the Navy and was an officer for the Los Angeles Police Force, is most famous as the first husband of Marilyn Monroe.
But before DiMaggio and Miller, there was another, first husband — James Dougherty — who knew Monroe by her birth name, Norma Jeane Mortenson. They got married young, were extremely happy, and ended their relationship just as Monroe's career took off.
James Dougherty knew Marilyn Monroe before her fame. He knew her so well, in fact, that he married her while she was still Norma Jeane Mortenson. He once said , “I knew Norma [Jeane], not Marilyn Monroe.”
James Dougherty, formerly an American police officer, is most famously known as the first husband of actress Marilyn Monroe. James married Marilyn Monroe, or Norma Jean as she was known then, when she was just 16 years old - long before she became a Hollywood starlet.
James Dougherty was the first husband of Marilyn Monroe. He served as an LAPD detective for 25 years and was the first officer ever to train under the Special Weapons and Tactics program.
James Dougherty, a retired Los Angeles detective who was Marilyn Monroe's first husband, died on Monday in San Rafael, Calif. He was 84.
James Edward Dougherty (April 12, 1921 – August 15, 2005) was Marilyn's first husband. In 1947 he remarried Patricia Scoman and became a policeman with LAPD. He wrote two books about his relationship with Marilyn, and gave several interviews about their life together.