During her pregnancy, Miracle received a letter from her mother, informing her of Norma Jean. The two half-sisters met in 1944, after exchanging letters and pictures. Following Norma Jean's rise to fame and turn into Marilyn Monroe, Miracle stayed in touch with her half-sister, who died in 1962 and left her $10,000 in her final will. Along with Monroe's ex-husband Joe DiMaggio and her business manager Inez Melson, Miracle arranged her funeral, choosing her casket and dress. In an interview with "ina.fr", she stated: