Kennedy. Yet, near the end of Monroe’s life, Joe and Marilyn were spending time together again. DiMaggio told his friends that the two were going to get remarried. Former DiMaggio teammate Jerry ...

Joe DiMaggio with his wife, Marilyn Monroe. Source: MLB's official website. Joe DiMaggio, the iconic baseball center fielder for the New York Yankees, was a 13-time All-Star during his ...

At the time Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe met, their careers were on different trajectories. DiMaggio’s star was fading; Monroe’s was rising. Joe was done with baseball, and Marilyn had no ...

In the minds of fans, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe were the perfect couple. "I don’t think it was a surprise at all," said Jerry Coleman, one of DiMaggio’s Yankee teammates. "The greatest ...

Kennedy to Jerry Lewis, a look at Marilyn Monroe's great loves ... Lytess was openly hostile to Monroe's male suitors, especially Joe DiMaggio. "She was a great teacher, but she got really jealous ...

Later, when DiMaggio was pictured with Marilyn Monroe in a newspaper in 1951, Arnold wanted full custody of Joe Jr. "He’s a little young for the smart set," Arnold said. The former husband and ...

From "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" Editor's note: ESPN.com is running excerpts from Richard Ben Cramer's Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life recently published by Simon & Schuster. This is the third ...

"He is best remembered for the persona of Joe DiMaggio. He remains a symbol of excellence, elegance, power and, to be sure, gentleness." His marriage to Marilyn Monroe was an amazing coupling of ...

Joe DiMaggio ... in 1954 when he wed Marilyn Monroe, a storybook marriage that failed all too quickly and left him brokenhearted. For years after she died in 1962, DiMaggio sent roses for her ...