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Sylvia Plath: Death
Sylvia Plath was born on October 27, 1932 and died February 11, 1963, buried at St.Thomas' Churchyard, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, England.

Plath married poet Ted Hughes after meeting him at a dinner party in 1956. They married not to long after on June 16, 1956. They had two children, Freida and Nicholas Hughes. Hughes left Plath in 1962 for, then aspiring poet, Assia Gutmann Wevil. This caused Plath to drop into a deep depression during the winter of 1962, leading to her suicide in early February, 1963. The morning she took her life, she sealed up the rooms of her children and leaving them food and water. She then proceeded to turn on the gas of her oven and stick her head in. She was later found dead. Plath's gravestone reads "Even amidst fierce flames/The golden lotus can be planted". The word "Hughes" was repeatedly chiseled off by those who believed Ted Hughes and his affair to be the cause of Plath's death. "The name 'Hughes' now appears in bronze lettering - to prevent it being removed. "