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Margaux's sister Mariel stated, "She was found with her legs propped up on a pillow, with a book in her lap. That does not sound like someone who committed suicide. The coroner said the same thing. Also, my sister was somewhat a drama queen. If she had committed suicide, she would have left a note, a long note naming everyone who had ever wronged her.".

Sister Mariel Hemingway, while appearing on Larry King Live (1985) on CNN, stated publicly that Margaux did not commit suicide. She said that the original coroner reported that Margaux most likely died of an epileptic seizure. (July 11, 2001)

She was found dead in her Santa Monica apartment on the 35th anniversary of the suicide of her grandfather, Ernest Hemingway, whose father, brother, and sister also committed suicide. Margaux had taken an overdose of Klonopin, a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety and some types of epileptic seizures.

Passed away without probable cause, found in her studio apartment in Santa Monica, California by friends. Last seen on the street on Saturday, June 29, 1996 by neighbor. (1996)

She and Maryam d'Abo became friends when they acted together in Double Obsession (1992). D'Abo believed that Hemingway was cast solely because of her name, and she could've been a good actress if she'd had formal training. She also believed that Hemingway's death was accidental, not suicide. She remembered Hemingway as a sweet, vulnerable and caring friend, a woman who may have been injured by a too early brush with the limelight but was not destroyed by it, someone who struggled to overcome her disappointment and find meaning in the ordinary events of her life.

L.A. coroner's office concluded that Margaux Hemingway killed herself by taking an overdose of a sedative. She was the fifth person in her family to commit suicide.

Interred at Ketchum Cemetery, Ketchum, Idaho.

Granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway

Near the end of her life, her career was reduced to such things as autographing R-rated trading cards for Playboy magazine and working on a psychic telephone hotline.

Daughter of Jack Hemingway and Byra Louise Whittlesey ("Puck").

Was originally in talks to play the title role in the remake She (1984). The role eventually went to Sandahl Bergman, who later co-starred with Hemingway in Inner Sanctum II (1994).

Raised in: Portland, OR; Havana, Cuba; Central California; and Ketchum, ID.

Hemingway was announced to star in the film "Aquamarine" which starting filming in September 1995 in the Bahamas, under the direction of Laszlo Hege. The film was never completed nor released.

Was a friend of actress Valerie Wildman, with whom she co-starred in the thriller Inner Sanctum (1991). Wildman attended her 1996 memorial service in Santa Monica, California. Other celebrities present were Robert Guillaume, Gigi Gaston, Ali MacGraw, singer Sophie B. Hawkins, and artist Judy Stabile.

Mariel went on to say that it was three weeks after Margaux's death that it was announced that she had committed suicide, and that the press most likely said this because it "made for a better story." Mariel had ironically enough played the owner of the Daily Planet (a newspaper) in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987).

Sister of actress Mariel Hemingway, born in 1961, and Joan Hemingway, born in 1950.

Sister-in-law of Stephen Crisman.