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Aug 2, 2022 · On July 2, 1961, Ernest Hemingway died at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. The New York Times reported that he accidentally shot himself, and Blaine County Sheriff Frank Hewitt initially said that no foul play was suspected.
On a 1954 trip to Africa, he was seriously injured in plane accidents on successive days, leaving him in pain and ill health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959, he bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho, where he lived until his death by suicide two years later. Early life.
Hemingway Dead of Shotgun Wound; Wife Says He Was Cleaning Weapon. Special to The New York Times. etchum, Idaho, July 2--Ernest Hemingway was found dead of a shotgun wound in the head at his home...
Jul 21, 2024 · July 21, 1899, Cicero [now in Oak Park], Illinois, U.S. Died: July 2, 1961, Ketchum, Idaho (aged 61) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (1954) Pulitzer Prize (1953) Notable Works: “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”. “A Farewell to Arms”.
Jul 3, 2015 · Ernest Hemingway, 61, the bearded American novelist who gained fame writing of death and violence, accidentally killed himself Sunday while cleaning a shotgun, his wife said.
Jul 1, 2016 · July 2, 1961 — Ernest Hemingway, the Nobel Prize-winning author, adventurer, war correspondent, bullfighter, drinker and all-round macho man, blew his own brains out on this day. His fourth wife, Mary, said that he killed himself accidentally while cleaning his double-barrelled 12-gauge shotgun.
Jul 21, 2020 · A depressed and diabetic Dr. Clarence Hemingway fatally shot himself at age 57. The doctor, a general practitioner, used an old .32 Smith and Wesson revolver owned by his father. At the time,...
Jul 2, 2011 · Nobel Prize-winning novelist Ernest Hemingway was 61 years old when he shot and killed himself, 50 years ago, on July 2, 1961. He is pictured above in 1944.
America's most celebrated writer, Ernest Hemingway, ended his life 50 years ago – in a manner his biographers have struggled to explain.
Having departed Cuba, his home for some 20 years, Ernest Hemingway settled in Ketchum, Idaho, in 1960 and temporarily resumed his work, but, anxiety-ridden and depressed, he was twice hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic. On July 2, 1961, he took his life with a shotgun at his house in Ketchum.