Ernest Hemingway Commits Suicide
An NBC News report describes the scene at a Tijuana bullring when the death of the great American writer Ernest Hemingway was announced to the audience. The crowd stood in a moment of silence to honor the bullfighting aficionado, who shot himself at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, on July 2, 1961.
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An NBC News report describes the scene at a Tijuana bullring when the death of the great American writer Ernest Hemingway was announced to the audience. The crowd stood in a moment of silence to honor the bullfighting aficionado, who shot himself at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, on July 2, 1961.
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