Margaux Hemingway
Real Name: Margaux Hemingway
Case: Suspicious Death
Date: July 2, 1996
Location: Santa Monica, California
Case
Details: Margaux Hemingway was an actress and the granddaughter of famed writer Ernest Hemingway. When she died of a drug overdose in 1996, many believed she had taken her own life; however, others , including Margaux's sister Mariel, don't want to believe it. They think Margaux's death was nothing but an accident. Others believe that her death was contributed to the "Hemingway Curse".
Extra Notes: This case first aired on the September 27, 1996 episode.
Loren Coleman, MSW, author of of the book, "Suicide Clusters" (Faber and Faber, 1987), appeared in the program to discuss the "Hemingway Curse," in which five members of the family had committed suicide.
Results: Unresolved. In a 2005 interview, Margaux's sister Mariel stated that she finally accepted the suicide ruling. However, others still believe that the full truth about her death has yet to be revealed.
Links:
- Margaux Hemingway at Wikipedia
- Body of Margaux Hemingway Found
- Hemingway's Death Shocks Friends
- Coroner Says Death of Actress Was Suicide
- What Killed Margaux Hemingway?
- Surviving Suicide of Loved One
- Mariel Hemingway reveals the story of her famous family haunted by depression, alcoholism and suicide in two new memoirs
- Margaux Hemingway on Find-a-Grave