Margaux Hemingway
Margaux Hemingway | |
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Hemingway in 1976 | |
| Born | Margot Louise Hemingway February 16, 1954 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | July 1, 1996 (aged 42) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Ketchum Cemetery, Ketchum, Idaho, U.S. 43°41′13″N 114°22′00″W / 43.686806°N 114.366668°W |
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| Years active | 1972–1996 |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Spouses | Erroll Wetanson
(m. 1975; div. 1978)Bernard Faucher
(m. 1979; div. 1985) |
| Father | Jack Hemingway |
| Relatives | Mariel Hemingway (sister) Ernest Hemingway (paternal grandfather) Hadley Richardson (paternal grandmother) |
Margaux Louise Hemingway (born Margot Louise Hemingway; February 16, 1954 – July 1, 1996) was an American fashion model and actress. The granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway, she gained independent fame as a supermodel in the 1970s, appearing on the covers of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Time.
She signed a million-dollar contract with Fabergé Inc. as the spokesmodel for Babe perfume. Her later years were marred by highly publicized episodes of addiction and depression, before her suicide from a drug overdose around July 1, 1996, at the age of 42.