Did Ernest Hemingway Commit Suicide Because He Had CTE?

 

Did Ernest Hemingway Commit Suicide Because He Had CTE?

By Will Levith

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As evidenced by the groundbreaking Ken Burns documentary that rolled out in three parts on PBS this week, the world has come to know Ernest Hemingway not only for his brilliance on the page, but his hard-living off of it. Hemingway was notorious for drinking more than the average man — and he got injured quite often throughout his life, most notably after surviving two plane crashes in the ’50s.