Peter Lawford

• Lawford is a Kennedy by marriage, via JFK's sister Patricia Kennedy (1954.)
• 1952, MGM does not renew his contract.
• Member of the Rat Pack. Ocean's Eleven, 1960.
• Introduced Marilyn Monroe at Happy Birthday Mister Presi-dent.
• Last person to speak to Marilyn Monroe alive. (That we know of)
• Slept with Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth.
• Frank Sinatra's valet George Jacobs (1953-1968) alleges cocaine parties at Frank's in Palm Springs, etc etc.: "Peter Lawford and the future president [Kennedy] did lines of cocaine together in Lawford's guest rooms"
• Owned 625 Beach Rd on PCH Santa Monica, where Kennedy + Monroe slept together several times.
• Sat on the NORML Advisory Board.
• Died 1984 of cirrhosis and kidney failure due to years of alcohol abuse. Buried at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles CA.