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Martha Gellhorn

American journalist

Died when: 89 years 99 days (1071 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Martha Gellhorn

Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who was considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century.

Gellhorn reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place during her 60-year career.She was also the third wife of American novelist Ernest Hemingway, from 1940 to 1945.

She died in 1998 by apparent suicide at the age of 89, ill and almost completely blind.The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism is named after her.


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