31 JULY 1999, Page 24

From Mr Simon J.B. Pratt Sir: The wickedly amusing diatribe

by Mark Steyn forgets the most recognisable and adored lady — the gorgeous Marilyn Mon- roe — whose widely publicised infatuation with JFK and subsequently his younger brother, the Attorney General — may well have had something to do with her untime- ly end.

Simon J.B. Pratt

Down St Mary Vineyard, Down St Mary, Crediton, Devon