Re: OOPS, I did it again!

chefly <[email protected]> posted:

> 
> In 1984, at age 49, Richard Brautigan had moved to Bolinas, California, where he was living alone in a large, old house that he had bought with his earnings years earlier. He died of a self-inflicted .44 Magnum gunshot wound to the head. His decomposed body was found by David Fechheimer, a friend and private investigator, on October 25, 1984. The body was found on the living room floor, in front of a large window that, though shrouded by trees, looked out over the Pacific Ocean. Due to the decomposition of the body it is speculated that Brautigan had ended his life over a month earlier, on September 16, 1984, days after talking to friend Marcia Clay on the telephone (neighbors heard a loud noise that Sunday while watching an NFL game). Brautigan was survived by his parents, both ex-wives, and his daughter Ianthe.
> 
> According to Michael Caines, writing in The Times Literary Supplement,
> the story that Brautigan left a suicide note that simply read: "Messy,
> isn't it?" is apocryphal. Ianthe Brautigan has confirmed that her
> father did not leave such a message.
> 

What's the deal with writers that kill themselves, eh?

pbslearningmedia.org/resource/dunces-tgar/dunces-tgar/