The Interesting Life of Ernest Hemingway - en.claireandjamie.com
Death
Depression, paranoia, ECT, heavy drinking, hereditary hemochromatosis [iron overload](which caused his father to kill himself) and possibly even multiple concussions which may have caused him to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), saw Hemingway check into the Mayo Clinic for further shock treatment. But upon returning home to Idaho, he ate his favorite meal – New York strip steak, a baked potato, Caesar salad and a glass of Bordeaux – then took his own life by shotgun when he "quite deliberately" shot himself with his favorite shotgun in the early morning hours of July 2nd, 1961.
Family Curse
Tragically, Hemingway's granddaughter Margaux committed suicide by drug overdose in 1996. Depression and suicide is a dark theme that runs through the Hemingway family like a curse.
As well as her grandfather Ernest and her great-grandfather (Ernest's dad) two of Ernest's siblings also died by their own hand. Suffering from cancer and depression, sister Ursula died of a drug overdose in 1966 and Leicester diabetic faced with the loss of his legs, shot himself in the head in 1982. Margaux's sister, Mariel Hemingway has become a mental health advocate.
No comments:
Post a Comment