| ... and other disturbing deaths in the literary world |
Sylvia Plath stuck her head in an oven...
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warlockuk 19,519 posts
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Registered 17 years agoWasn't it her who stuck her head in the oven when she knew her husband and kids were going to be coming home, and then died 'cos they were late back or something?
Attention or intent, she's still gotta be an arsehole for wanting her kids to see it...
...or am I thinking of someone else? -
You know, it could be said that someone who was that depressed might not be thinking straight, you know ;p -
sam_spade 15,745 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMaybe she didn't want the house to explode. -
Interesting find.
I remembered this one:
Ödön von Horvath, an Austrian writer, got killed by a falling branch in Paris, on the Champs-Elysées, during a thunderstorm in 1938.
Iirc, he had been told by someone before that he'd die that day, and delayed a journey to Zürich to see what would happen. -
boo 13,901 posts
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Registered 18 years agoSeth Morgan [1949-1990] American Author - Rode motorcycle off the Golden Gate Bridge and into the San Francisco Bay.
Not condoning suicide by any means, but that is a way to go! -
marilena 8,238 posts
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Registered 18 years agoRimbaud... Cool character, I remember my french teacher talking about him. Wasn't a bad poet either .gif)
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Stickman 29,986 posts
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Registered 17 years agoBit highly strung these arty types, aren't they? -
warlockuk 19,519 posts
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Registered 17 years agoRetroid wrote:
Aye, but if it was calculated so she'd be found (and probably not dead) when Ted + the kids came home then she's at least thinking. Blooming drama queens.
You know, it could be said that someone who was that depressed might not be thinking straight, you know ;p -
Shrimp 1,081 posts
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Registered 17 years agoDid Odon von Horvath write "Jugend Ohne Gott"? One of the two German books I've read... -
sam_spade 15,745 posts
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Registered 20 years agowarlockuk wrote:
Retroid wrote:
Aye, but if it was calculated so she'd be found (and probably not dead) when Ted + the kids came home then she's at least thinking. Blooming drama queens.
You know, it could be said that someone who was that depressed might not be thinking straight, you know ;p
She did put out milk and sandwiches for the kids, didn't she? -
Shrimp wrote:
Did Odon von Horvath write "Jugend Ohne Gott"? One of the two German books I've read...
Heh, exactly. Strange choice for 1 of 2 German books you've read. What was the other one? -
morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years ago* Edgar Allan Poe [1809-1849] American Author - Died of "acute congestion of the brain" several days after he was discovered lying unconscious in a Baltimore street, wearing someone else’s tattered clothes.
Moved me a bit, that did. Shame, poor bloke. -
Head in the oven, the most unglamorous way to die ever, surely? -
marilena 8,238 posts
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Registered 18 years agoStickman wrote:
Bit highly strung these arty types, aren't they?
Yeah, most of them. Sometimes I think that I might have some artistic side myself, seeing how crazy I am, but apparently the reverse is not true
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UncleLou wrote:
Shrimp wrote:
Did Odon von Horvath write "Jugend Ohne Gott"? One of the two German books I've read...
Heh, exactly. Strange choice for 1 of 2 German books you've read. What was the other one?
Well there wasn't really any choice involved - it was at school. J.O.G. was the second one we read, can't remember the first. I think it was about some gypsy kids or something...
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