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Snopes Debunker - Rumors about Ivana Trump's casket, the queen, GTA, and Marilyn Monroe

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Today: Rumors about Ivana Trump's casket, the queen, GTA, and Marilyn Monroe

There’s No Evidence Ivana Trump Was Cremated

Yesterday, the word “cremated” began to trend on Twitter with an unfounded rumor about the death of Ivana Trump, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s first ex-wife. According to the rumor, Ms. Trump's casket was filled with secret documents beyond the hundreds that federal investigators had already uncovered at her ex-husband's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

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Did Marilyn Monroe Really Say This?

"If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best," Monroe supposedly said. Read Story.

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