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What famous author killed herself by filling her pockets with heavy stones and jumping into the River Ouse?

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Virginia Woolf

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On 28 March 1941, rather than having another nervous breakdown, Woolf drowned herself by weighing her pockets with stones and walking into the River Ouse near her home. Her body was not found until April 18. Her husband buried her remains under a tree in the garden of their house in Rodmell, Sussex.

Woolf suffered from depression and fits of mental illness for much of her life, and finally committed suicide by drowning herself in the river Ouse near Sussex, England.

link http://who2.com/ask/virginiawoolf.html

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_woolf#Death

Jan 16 2008, 8:35 AM
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