Marilyn Monroe's former home hit by burglars

Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe's former home in The Palm Springs, California has been raided by burglars.

The crooks triggered the alarm after kicking the front door in, and police raced to the scene - but the culprits got away.

The home was recently owned by an elderly woman, but it appears she died recently and the home was sitting vacant, according to TMZ.

Law enforcement officials found power tools on a nearby lawn that appeared to have been stolen from the house.

Monroe lived there in the late 1950s.