Friday, April 15, 2011

A Morbid Look at 25 Famous Writers Who Killed Themselves

Posted by on Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:03 PM

Sylvia Plath killed herself at the age of 30.
  • Sylvia Plath killed herself at the age of 30.
Today marks the posthumous release of David Foster Wallace's The Pale King. David Foster Wallace hanged himself. Here are 24 other famous writers who committed suicide.

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25 Famous Writers Who Killed Themselves
Heinrich von Kleist Stefan Zweig Virginia Woolf Vladimir Mayakovsky Harry Crosby Hart Crane Ernest Hemingway Arthur Koestler

25 Famous Writers Who Killed Themselves

By Jonny Diamond

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