Marilyn Monroe’s former home underwent major change

The couple suing Mayor Karen Bass over the Brentwood bungalow where Marilyn Monroe took her last breath has filled in the sparkling pool where the movie “Some Like it Hot” star found peace.

Once a tranquil oasis for the blonde bombshell, aerial photographs show grass covering the spot where her famous pool once stood in the iconic backyard.

The sprawling adjacent lot, also owned by the new residents, features a massive mansion and newer pool. There are no barriers between the two lots, the photos show.

The owners are seeking to tear down the infamous property where Monroe died — and are preparing to battle Bass and the City of Los Angeles for the right to do so.

Brinah Milstein and Roy Bank purchased the home for just over $8 million in 2023. Soon after, they applied for — and received — city approval to demolish the home and begin new construction, according to a lawsuit obtained by The California Post.

That’s when problems started for the homeowners, who say the city swooped in to designate the home a “Historical-Cultural Monument” in 2024 — after the permits were already approved.

It’s unclear when the homeowner filled in the pool once adorned with Spanish tiles that Monroe reportedly handpicked herself. Calls to the current homeowners were not returned Thursday.

Parts of Monroe’s last ever interview with Life Magazine in July 1962 were conducted poolside. She called the bungalow “a cute Mexican home”, then expressed, “Anybody who likes my house, I’m sure I’ll get along with.”

The house, situated on a tiny dead-end street in the heart of a multi-million-dollar neighborhood, has been a tourist attraction ever since Monroe’s naked body was wheeled out of the home on a gurney in August of 1962.

Monroe was found in the home’s master bedroom, her lifeless body surrounded by prescription pills. She died of a barbiturate overdose which was suspected to be a probable suicide.

Milstein and Bank argue in their lawsuit that the city never took interest in the home in the 60 years after Monroe died, and it went through multiple renovations and had multiple owners.

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They claim the historical designation has now “rendered the property useless” and has totally prohibited their ability to capitalize on the $8.3 million home.