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Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio used to babysit local mayor

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Friday, September 18, 2015
Local mayor has glamorous ties

FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. (WTVD) -- Back in the 1950s, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were America's sweethearts. And in the middle of that wild ride of celebrity was a little boy who is now the mayor of Fuquay-Varina.

Anna Laurel reports.

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