Marilyn Monroe’s House Is Made a Los Angeles Landmark in Council Vote

The home where Marilyn Monroe lived and died was designated a local historical landmark in a unanimous vote by the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, ending a monthslong battle to save the Spanish Colonial-style house from demolition.The council voted 12 to 0 to add the house to its roster of properties deemed to be of historical significance.The designation was backed by a the City Council’s land use management subcommittee and the city’s cultural heritage commission.“There is no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood…