{"id":322371,"date":"2026-06-04T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322371\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:01:09","slug":"iconic-marilyn-monroe-happy-birthday-dress-goes-on-display-in-grand-prairie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322371\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Marilyn Monroe \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d dress goes on display in Grand Prairie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marilyn Monroe\u2019s legendary flesh-colored gown, worn during her famous \u201cHappy Birthday, Mr. President\u201d performance for John F. Kennedy, will be on public display at Ripley\u2019s Believe It or Not! in Grand Prairie starting Friday, June 5.<\/p>\n<p>The limited-time exhibit coincides with what would have been Monroe\u2019s 100th birthday. The sparkling Jean Louis-designed dress, encrusted with thousands of hand-sewn rhinestones, is considered one of the most famous garments in American pop culture history.<\/p>\n<p>Ripley\u2019s Believe It or Not! purchased the dress at auction in 2016 for $4.8 million, setting a record at the time as the most expensive dress ever sold. The artifact has been part of Ripley\u2019s collection and has occasionally been loaned for special exhibitions. In 2022, the company loaned it to Kim Kardashian for the Met Gala in New York, where it drew worldwide attention.<\/p>\n<p>The gown will be showcased at the Grand Prairie location of Ripley\u2019s for a limited run. Visitors will be able to view the historic piece up close as part of the attraction\u2019s special programming honoring Monroe.<\/p>\n<p>The dress remains a powerful symbol of mid-century glamour, Hollywood stardom, and one unforgettable moment in presidential history. Monroe performed the breathy rendition of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d on May 19, 1962, at a Democratic fundraiser at Madison Square Garden in New York, just months before her death.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.audacy.com\/krld\/listen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LISTEN<\/a> on the Audacy App<br \/>Tell your Smart Speaker to &#8220;PLAY 1080 KRLD&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsletter\/subscribe\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign Up<\/a> to receive our KRLD Insider Newsletter for more news<br \/>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KRLDNews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KRLD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/krldnews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX1Qei3Ev-DLiUujxT2A__Q\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marilyn Monroe\u2019s legendary flesh-colored gown, worn during her famous \u201cHappy Birthday, Mr. President\u201d performance for John F. Kennedy,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-322371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}