David Conover

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American journalist (1919-1983)

United States ArtistsLived 1919 to 1983 · aged 64

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David Conover was an author and documentary photographer who is credited with discovering Marilyn Monroe while taking photos for Yank magazine. S. S. president Ronald Reagan, who had sent Conover to the Radioplane Munitions Factory, where he discovered Monroe.

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Conover's photo of Marilyn Monroe with a RP-5 (Kodachrome photo) in 1944

Conover's photo of Marilyn Monroe with a RP-5 prop (Kodachrome photo) in 1944

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David Conover was an author and documentary photographer who is credited with discovering Marilyn Monroe while taking photos for Yank magazine. While attached to the U.S. Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit, his commanding officer was future U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who had sent Conover to the Radioplane Munitions Factory, where he discovered Monroe.

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