Margaux Hemingway

Actress, model

Died when: 42 years 136 days (508 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Margaux Louise Hemingway (born Margot Louise Hemingway;February 16, 1954 – July 1, 1996) was an American fashion model and actress.She earned success as a supermodel in the mid-1970s, appearing on the covers of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Time.

She signed a million-dollar contract for Fabergé as the spokesmodel for Babe perfume.She was the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway.

Her later years were marred by highly publicized episodes of addiction and depression, before her suicide from a drug overdose on July 1, 1996, at the age of 42.

---