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[[File:DiMaggio and Reagan.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Reagan and DiMaggio]]

[[File:DiMaggio and Reagan.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Reagan and DiMaggio]]

'''Joe "Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio''' (1914-1999) was a [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] baseball player for the [[New York Yankees]] from 1936 to 1951. He holds the record for number of consecutive games with a hit (56), in 1941, which is considered one of the greatest achievements in all of sports.  Joe was married briefly to [[Marilyn Monroe]] and devastated when she divorced him.  Marilyn's good friend [[Jane Russell]] said Marilyn was planning to remarry Joe when she prematurely and unexpectedly died at age 36 in 1962.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-439026/Jane-Russell-My-friend-Marilyn-did-kill-herself.html</ref>  Joe sent fresh flowers twice or three times every week to Marilyn's grave for decades after she died.

'''Joe "Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio''' (1914-1999) was a [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] baseball player for the [[New York Yankees]] from 1936 to 1951. He holds the record for number of consecutive games with a hit (56), in 1941, which is considered one of the greatest achievements in all of sports.  Joe was married briefly to [[Marilyn Monroe]] and devastated when she divorced him.  Marilyn's good friend [[Jane Russell]] said Marilyn was planning to remarry Joe when she prematurely and unexpectedly died at age 36 in 1962.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-439026/Jane-Russell-My-friend-Marilyn-did-kill-herself.html</ref>  Joe arranged for her funeral after Marilyn died, and sent a dozen red roses three times every week to Marilyn's grave for 20 years afterwards.<ref>https://www.joedimaggio.com/the-man/marriages/</ref>

Joltin' Joe is immortalized in the famous [[Simon and Garfunkel]] song ''Mrs. Robinson''.

Joltin' Joe is immortalized in the famous [[Simon and Garfunkel]] song ''Mrs. Robinson''.