# Pardon me for being morbid...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-for-being-morbid/201631>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-for-being-morbid/201631 "2003-09-14T22:35:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ElectroSunDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@ElectroSunDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectroSunDog)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-for-being-morbid/201631/1 "2003-09-14T22:35:46Z")

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…but in what position was Ernest Hemingway when he shot himself? Does anybody know for sure?

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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-for-being-morbid/201631/2 "2003-09-14T23:47:34Z")

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Alive?

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**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-for-being-morbid/201631/3 "2003-09-15T16:57:47Z")

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Muzzle to muzzle with a shotgun.

Either his finger or his toe was on the trigger.

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**Author:** ![ElectroSunDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@ElectroSunDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectroSunDog)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-for-being-morbid/201631/4 "2003-09-15T17:54:36Z")

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What’s really scary is at first, they reported it as being an accident…

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-for-being-morbid/201631/5 "2003-09-15T18:22:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ElectroSunDog \*  
> \*\*What’s really scary is at first, they reported it as being an accident… \*\*

That was probably to spare the family and Hemingway’s good name. There’s still quite a bit of stigma attached to suicide and depression.

Although I agree, it was blatantly moronic in this case.