Sunday, July 2, 1961: Ernest Hemingway dies

Author Ernest Hemingway, 61, kills himself with a shotgun blast to the head. His direct writing style, as well as his adventurous persona, made him one of the most famous authors of the 20th century.

* Short biography (from nobelprize.org): @

* The Hemingway Society: @

* The Ernest Hemingway Collection (at JFK presidential library): @

* timelesshemingway.com: @

* Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum (Key West, Fla): @

* Holdings at University of Delaware Library: @

* "Hemingway on War and Its Aftermath" (from the National Archives' Prologue magazine): @

* "The Old Man and the Sea" (September 1, 1952, Life magazine): @

* Selected audio: @

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