"a crime of passion in ""Othello"". The play ""Antony and Cleopatra"" ends with five suicides, including the deaths of both Antony and Cleopatra. Ophelia commits suicide in ""Hamlet"" following the death of her father. The subject of suicide itself is controversial. While the act of suicide can be symbolic in literature, the act itself still possesses the ability to cause controversy in the real world. Kate Chopin's novel, ""The Awakening"", was extremely controversial when it was released in 1899. Some authors who have created characters that commit suicide have committed suicide themselves. Ernest Hemingway shot himself in 1961; Some of"
"to the Mayo Clinic for more electroshock treatments. He was released in late June and arrived home in Ketchum on June 30. Two days later, in the early morning hours of July 2, 1961, Hemingway ""quite deliberately"" shot himself with his favorite shotgun. He had unlocked the basement storeroom where his guns were kept, gone upstairs to the front entrance foyer of their Ketchum home, and according to Mellow, shot himself with the ""double-barreled shotgun that he had used so often it might have been a friend"". Mary called the Sun Valley Hospital, and a doctor quickly arrived at the"
"Clancy Sigal Clancy Sigal (September 6, 1926 – July 16, 2017) was an American writer, the author of dozens of essays and seven books, the best-known of which is the autobiographical novel ""Going Away"" (1961). Sigal was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a poor family. His father, Leo Sigal, and mother, Jennie Persily, were both labor organizers; He ""acquired his chutzpah and resilience in 30s Chicago,"" Kim Howells wrote in ""The Guardian,"" ""raised by his tough Jewish mother in a neighborhood blighted by gangsters, poverty and violence."" He later wrote a book about his mother, ""A Woman of Uncertain Character"""
"Hollister Noble Charles Hollister Noble (September 2, 1901 – July 20, 1954) was an American historical novelist and screenwriter. He committed suicide after it was alleged that he had plagiarized the research (not the text) of a book he had written. The decision that he was not guilty of plagiarism came only after his death by gunshot in the cellar of his home in Sherman Oaks, California. Noble was a professional writer and editor in the newspaper, radio and motion picture fields, with strong interests in the American Civil War and railroads. From 1931 he had written numerous book reviews"
"moved to Ketchum, in the early morning hours of July 2, 1961, that Mary was awakened by a loud noise, and discovered that her husband had ""quite deliberately"" shot himself with his favorite shotgun. According to biographer James Mellows, Hemingway had unlocked the basement storeroom where his guns were kept, gone upstairs to the front entrance foyer of their Ketchum home, and with the ""double-barreled shotgun that he had used so often it might have been a friend"", had shot himself. Mary and other family members and friends initially told the press that the death had been ""accidental"", but in"
"published his novel ""Hellfire"". Gatewood died in San Francisco on April 28, 2016, after sustaining serious injuries in a fall from his balcony three weeks earlier, in an apparent suicide attempt. He left several notes behind. He was 73. The Charles Gatewood photograph archive and related material at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley contains ""...250,000 images, including all his contact sheets and their corresponding negatives; hundreds of stock images..."" The collection also includes manuscript notes, personal diaries and a significant portion of Gatewood's personal library. Charles Gatewood Charles Robert Gatewood (November 8, 1942 – April 28, 2016) was"
"George Caragonne George Caragonne (September 16, 1965 – July 20, 1995) was an American comic book writer and editor, most notable for being co-founder of ""Penthouse Comix"" magazine. He committed suicide on July 20, 1995, by jumping off the 45th floor of the interior atrium of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. George Caragonne was born in San Antonio, Texas, the only male child born to Alexander Caragonne (author/architect) and Alice Caragonne. He has a sibling and a niece named Alice Caragonne, who was born February 4, 1994. George Caragonne's career in comics began when he sent an unsolicited"
"On May 19, 1931, in his East Midtown Manhattan penthouse apartment, Barton shot himself through the right temple. He was 39 years old. His suicide note said he had irrevocably ""lost the only woman I ever loved"" (the actress Carlotta Monterey had divorced Barton in 1926 and married Eugene O'Neill in 1929), and that he feared his worsening manic-depression was approaching insanity. He wrote: ""I have had few difficulties, many friends, great successes; I have gone from wife to wife and house to house, visited great countries of the world—but I am fed up with inventing devices to fill up"
"Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Though Lee had only published this single book, in 2007 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature. Additionally, Lee received numerous honorary degrees, though she declined to speak on those occasions. She was also known for assisting her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book ""In Cold Blood"" (1966). Capote"
"After suffering for several years from chronic pain and depression, Kjelgaard committed suicide in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1959. Jim Kjelgaard James Arthur Kjelgaard (December 6, 1910 – July 12, 1959) was an American author of young adult literature. Kjelgaard was born in New York City, New York. Kjelgaard wrote more than 40 novels, the most famous of which is 1945's ""Big Red"". It sold 225,000 copies by 1956 and was made into a 1962 Walt Disney film of the same name. His books were primarily about dogs and wild animals, often with animal protagonists and told from the animal's point"
"of vision in one eye. Faced with declining health and career prospects, he committed suicide by gunshot in Los Angeles on November 2, 1981. Toward the end of his life, an embittered Wood would say, according to one biography, ""If I had it all to do over again, I'd cut off my hands."" In 1972, EC editor Harvey Kurtzman, who worked closely with Wood during the 1950s, said: In 2017 and 2018, Fantagraphics Books published ""The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood"" a set of two hardcover books (, ), mainly compiled by his former assistant Bhob Stewart over a"
"there was no delineation in this book of its definition by Upward. It is unknown whether L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Scientology-organization, knew of this book. In 1917 the British Museum refused to take Upwards' manuscripts, ""on the grounds that the writer was still alive,"" and Upward burned them (source: Duncan, p. xi). He shot himself in November 1926. Ezra Pound would a decade later satirically remark that this was due to his disappointment after hearing of George Bernard Shaw's Nobel Prize award which Shaw won in 1925. Allen Upward George Allen Upward (20 September 1863 – 12"
"James Agee James Rufus Agee ( ; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, ""A Death in the Family"" (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize. Agee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Hugh James Agee and Laura Whitman Tyler, at Highland Avenue and 15th Street, which was renamed James Agee Street, in 1909, in what is now the Fort Sanders neighborhood. When Agee was six, his father was killed"
"who was inspired by Capote's memories of Lee as a child, was played by Aubrey Dollar. Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Though Lee had only published this single book, in 2007 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature. Additionally, Lee received numerous honorary degrees, though she declined to speak on those occasions. She was also known for assisting"
"his novel ""Big Sur"" (1962) on Welch. In 1968, Welch signed the ""Writers and Editors War Tax Protest"" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. Welch had a common-law relationship with Polish refugee Maria Magda Cregg. He acted as the stepfather to her son Hugh Anthony Cregg, III, better known by his stage-name Huey Lewis. On May 23, 1971, Welch walked out of poet Gary Snyder's house in the mountains of California, leaving behind a suicide note. He had carried a stainless steel Smith & Wesson .22 caliber revolver. His body was never found. Note:"
"Valerie Solanas Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist and author best known for writing the ""SCUM Manifesto,"" which she self-published in 1967, and attempting to murder Andy Warhol in 1968. Solanas had a turbulent childhood. She said her father regularly sexually abused her and she had a volatile relationship with her mother and stepfather after her parents' divorce. She was sent to live with her grandparents but ran away after being physically abused by her alcoholic grandfather. Solanas came out as a lesbian in the 1950s. After graduating with a degree"
"papers are in the process of publication in Mexico. At this time Barlow was also continuing his work a poet, writing both formalist verse and experimental verse of the Activist school pioneered by Lawrence Hart. Barlow had written as early as 1944 that he had ""a subtle feeling that my curious and uneasy life is not destined to prolong itself"". He killed himself at his home in Azcapotzalco, D.F, Mexico, on the first or second of January, 1951, apparently fearing the exposure of his homosexuality by a disgruntled student. On that afternoon, he locked himself in his room, took 26"
"""Weed"" (1961), ""The Dark Messenger"" (1962) and ""Yet Princes Follow"" together with ""Not We Many"", as ""Black: Two Short Novels"" (1962). Harlan Ellison was his editor. His last book, ""The Farm"", plays at the Lexington prison for drug addicts, once called U.S. Narcotics Farm. Cooper's addiction and a growing alienation from those around him, perhaps driven by the hostile response to his fiction, all contributed to his early destitute death. Cooper died penniless, strung out and alone in the 23rd street YMCA New York City in 1978. Clarence Cooper Jr. Clarence L. Cooper Jr. (1934 – 1978) was an American"
"Mark David Chapman Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American convict who shot and killed John Lennon at the entrance to the Dakota apartment building in New York City on December 8, 1980. Chapman fired five times at Lennon, hitting him four times in the back and immediately sat down on a nearby curb reading J. D. Salinger's novel ""The Catcher in the Rye"" until he was arrested by the police. He referred to the novel as his statement and later said that his objective was to acquire fame and notoriety. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Chapman"
"a drawer in his study and shot himself. He died within a week of his 70th birthday. Berman and Wallace suggest that this may have been a 'copycat suicide'; on hearing of his friend Hemingway's suicide in 1961, Belmonte is said to have answered 'Well done.' The circumstances surrounding his death are the source of some controversy. A popular version, seen for example in Life, describes events substantially as follows: when Belmonte's doctor told him that, because of his lifelong injuries and trauma, he could no longer smoke cigars, ride his horses, drink wine or perform sexual acts with women,"
"Actors' Equity, and The Actor's Studio's West-coast Writers/Directors Unit. He also taught children and adults who are visually impaired martial arts as a sensei of the judo program at the Braille Institute of Los Angeles. He died at the age of 60 from liver cancer on August 3, 2015. Lynn Manning Lynn Manning (April 30, 1955 – August 3, 2015) was an American playwright, poet and actor known for his autobiographical work that explores the complexities of life as a blind African-American man. Lynn Manning's life was turned upside down when he was left blind after being shot in the"
"was confined to his home most of the time. Two years later, he committed suicide by gunshot in the garden of his home. He was taken to the hospital in Canandaigua, where he died at the age of 67. Twelve years after his death, Sy Sanborn was one of 12 writers who were honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame on a Roll of Honor in its Class of 1946. Sy Sanborn Irving Ellis Sanborn (November 28, 1866 – July 18, 1934) was an American sports writer. He was familiarly known as Sy Sanborn. Sanborn was one of the most"
"copies, where known. ( )Limited edition copies, where known. Roy F. Chandler Roy F. Chandler (December 17, 1925 - December 24, 2015) was the author of more than sixty published books and many magazine articles. He is known for his series of sniper related books, including the series ""Death From Afar"". Chandler was a United States Army veteran with more than twenty years of active service including World War II and Korea. Later he was a schoolteacher in Pennsylvania and Alaska. His writing is often based on personal experience. He was a full-time author for more than thirty years. Chandler"
"Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, ""I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"" (1969), tells of her life up to"
"Laurence Stallings Laurence Tucker Stallings (November 25, 1894 - February 28, 1968) was an American playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, literary critic, journalist, novelist, and photographer. Best known for his collaboration with Maxwell Anderson on the 1924 play ""What Price Glory"", Stallings also produced a groundbreaking autobiographical novel, ""Plumes"", about his service in World War I, and published an award-winning book of photographs, ""The First World War: A Photographic History"". Stallings was born Laurence Tucker Stallings in Macon, Georgia, to Larkin Tucker Stallings, a bank clerk, and Aurora Brooks Stallings, a homemaker and avid reader who inspired her son's love of literature."
"testimony when speaking of one's life and struggles, ironic understatement, and the use of natural metaphors, rhythms, and intonations. Angelou, instead of depending upon plot, used personal and historical events to shape her books. Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou"
"feet, his 400+ lb. body caroning off ledges and decorations before landing on a buffet table bustling with guests. Although no one else was killed, many of the witnesses, including some children, suffered emotional trauma and required years of treatment as a result of the event. George Caragonne George Caragonne (September 16, 1965 – July 20, 1995) was an American comic book writer and editor, most notable for being co-founder of ""Penthouse Comix"" magazine. He committed suicide on July 20, 1995, by jumping off the 45th floor of the interior atrium of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. George"
"he says he will never die. ""Indian Camp"" shows Hemingway's early fascination with suicide and with the conflict between fathers and sons. Young thinks there is an unavoidable focus on the fact that the two people the principal characters are based on—the father, Clarence Hemingway, and the boy, Ernest Hemingway—end up committing suicide. Kenneth Lynn writes that the irony to modern readers is that both characters in ""that boat on the lake would one day do away with themselves"". Hemingway shot himself on July 2, 1961; his father had shot himself on December 6, 1928. In his essay ""Hemingway's Primitivism"
"Susan Sontag Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay ""Notes on 'Camp'"", in 1964. Her best-known works include ""On Photography"", ""Against Interpretation"", ""Styles of Radical Will"", ""The Way We Live Now"", ""Illness as Metaphor"", ""Regarding the Pain of Others"", ""The Volcano Lover"", and ""In America"". Sontag was active in writing and speaking about, or travelling to, areas of conflict, including during the Vietnam War and the Siege of Sarajevo. She wrote"
"George Jackson (activist) George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an African-American author. While serving a sentence for armed robbery in 1961, Jackson became involved in revolutionary activity and co-founded the Maoist-Marxist Black Guerrilla Family. In 1970, he was charged, along with two other Soledad Brothers, with the murder of prison guard John Vincent Mills in the aftermath of a prison fight. The same year, he published ""Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson"", a combination of autobiography and manifesto addressed to a black American audience. The book would become a best-seller and earn Jackson"
"Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre and 55th Street Playhouse) of the 1960s, revealing Warhol's connections to a diverse range of artistic scenes during this time. Less well known was his support and collaboration with several teen-agers during this era, who would achieve prominence later in life including writer David Dalton, photographer Stephen Shore and artist Bibbe Hansen (mother of pop musician Beck). On June 3, 1968, radical feminist writer Valerie Solanas shot Warhol and Mario Amaya, art critic and curator, at Warhol's studio. Before the shooting, Solanas had been a marginal figure in the Factory scene. She authored in 1967 the"
"29, 1960, Purvis was at his home in Florence, South Carolina, when he died from a gunshot wound to the head; the shot was fired from the pistol that was given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. The FBI investigated his death and declared it a suicide, although the official coroner's report did not label the cause of death as such. A later investigation suggested that Purvis may have shot himself accidentally while trying to extract a tracer bullet jammed in the pistol. He was 56 years old. In 1937, Parker Brothers published a game"
"Walker also wrote and published an autobiography. Walker retired from Voorhees, Walker, Foley, Smith & Smith in 1959 but remained active within the profession. Prior to his death, however, he destroyed his AIA award. Walker killed himself in 1973, using a silver bullet that he had forged himself - this is untrue. He did not use a silver bullet he forged himself because my husband, his step-son, fixed his gun for him because he said that there had been house burglars in the Chappequa area. In 1960, Walker resigned from the AIA after a conflict over professional ethics. The AIA"