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Showing posts with label Suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Suicide. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Quote of the Day (Ginia Bellafante, on Kate Spade’s ‘Old Loyalties and New Aspirations’)

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“A Catholic schoolgirl from Kansas City, Mo., with a degree from Arizona State and a father who was in construction, Ms. Spade transcend...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Robin Williams’ Art of the ‘Broken Places’

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Shortly after David Letterman jumped to CBS for his own talk show, Robin Williams came on as a guest. Watching, I was chuckling away, ...
Monday, February 11, 2013

This Day in Literary History (Plath Commits Suicide)

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Feb. 11, 1963—On her third and last suicide attempt, having carefully stuffed the pipes in her London flat so her two young children up...
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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Flashback, November 1967: Jennifer Jones’ Suicide Try

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In her prime, Jennifer Jones ’ affinity for high-strung, depressed women led to an Academy Award and an additional four nominations in...
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