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In her last years, Gellhorn was in frail health, nearly blind and suffering from ovarian cancer that had spread to her liver. On 15 February 1998, she died by suicide in London apparently by swallowing a cyanide capsule. [32] The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism was established in 1999 in her honor.
Feb 17, 1998 · Martha Ellis Gellhorn, who as one of the first female war correspondents covered a dozen major conflicts in a writing career spanning more than six decades, died on Sunday at her home in...
In her last years, Martha was in poor health, suffering from ovarian cancer and failing eyesight. She committed suicide at her home in London on February 15, 1998, at the age of 89.
2 days ago · Gellhorn was a veteran war correspondent who covered multiple conflicts over her six-decade career. Leading up to D-Day, she reported on the Spanish Civil War, the rise of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler ...
Sep 18, 2019 · Gellhorn swallowed a cyanide pill when she was eighty-nine. Her eyesight was failing and she was suffering from liver and ovarian cancer. Glendinning and her husband found Gellhorn in the ...
May 10, 2024 · Martha Gellhorn (born November 8, 1908, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died February 15, 1998, London, England) was an American journalist and novelist who, as one of the first female war correspondents, candidly described ordinary people in times of unrest.
Jan 3, 1999 · Ward Just profile of Martha Gellhorn, famous war correspondent and one of notables who died in 1998; photo of Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway, her third husband, in 1940 (S)
