who chooses to be a mother. chooses a family. she loved children. the way she treated us, she would have been a great mother. on august 1, 1957, marilyn collapses and is rushed to the hospital. she lost her baby. she almost lost her own life. she s released from the hospital to battery of reporters and media. she was very ill. and yet she somehow had to turn it on for the camera. there s something so predatory feeling about paparazzi. she was that famous. that you would expect that attention. it still is really sad it had to be there in her darkest moments.