Marilyn Monroe 'had plastic surgery on chin and nose' The final medical entry was on June 7, 1962, recording a fall in the middle of the night which resulted in swelling of the nose. Six X-rays show her nasal bones and teeth. She suffered a minute fracture to her nose. Doctors used the alias "Joan Newman" on the X-rays and listed her height as 5ft 6ins, and her weight as 115lb. The following day Monroe was fired from the film Something's Got to Give. She died on August 5, 1962 from an overdose of barbiturates at the age of 36. Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien's, said: "Nobody really thought about Marilyn Monroe having plastic surgery. It was always speculation, did she or didn't she? They thought she was such a natural beauty, they didn't want to believe. The medical records also show that Monroe suffered a bout of neutropenia, an abnormally low number of white blood cells that fight off infection, while in the UK in 1956. The following year she had an ectopic pregnancy in New York.