article_snippet: The six poignant pictures of the screen siren were taken by close friend George Barris on July 13, 1962, destined for a book about Monroe.
article_snippet: George Barris had first met Monroe on the set of Monroe film The Seven Year Itch in 1954. '
article_snippet: I thought Monroe was the most beautiful, fantastic person I'd ever met,' George Barris told the Los Angeles Daily News in 2012, ahead of an exhibition to mark what would have been the film star's 86th birthday. '
article_snippet: George Barris told the Huffington Post: 'What I particularly liked about Marilyn was that Marilyn didn't act like a movie star. '
article_snippet: Marilyn puckered up and said, `This is just for you, George,' and blew a kiss to George Barris.
article_snippet: George Barris had planned to include the pictures in a book about Monroe George Barris was putting together .
article_snippet: Devastated: After her death, George Barris moved to Paris, where George Barris lived for the next 20 years .
article_snippet: George Barris finally published the book, which George Barris started working on in 1962, in 2012 .
highlights_snippet: Taken by friend and celebrity photographer George Barris in July 1962 .
  