How old was John F. Kennedy when Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to him?
John F. Kennedy was approaching his 45th birthday when Marilyn Monroe sang the song to him at a Democratic fund-raiser in Madison Square Garden on March 19, 1962.
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