Tragic Facts About Margaux Hemingway, The Cursed Daughter
With a face like hers, Margaux Hemingway was born to be a model…but she also inherited a much darker legacy from her ancestors. The granddaughter of infamously volatile writer Ernest Hemingway, Margaux and her entire family were plagued by the so-called “Hemingway Curse” running through their veins. Many of them met tragic ends—but none were as tragic as Margaux’s.
Margaux Hemingway Facts
1. She Had A Famous Name
Born in 1954 in the relatively isolated Portland, Oregon, Margaux’s upbringing was anything but humble. Her parents were the beautiful and leggy Byra, who everybody called “Puck,” and Jack Hemingway, the oldest son of revered writer Ernest Hemingway. As such, the Hemingways were the toast of any social circle they floated into, and were bosom buddies with people like Julia Child and avant-garde artist Alice B. Toklas.
On the outside, it was a dream upbringing for a little girl—but on the inside, it was a horror story.
2. Her Family Was Infamously Dysfunctional
In reality, the Hemingways were falling apart at the seams. Puck had never fully loved Margaux’s father, a rejection the patriarch dealt with by partying with alarming dedication. By the 1960s, they’d had three girls—including Margaux’s older sister Joan, called “Muffet,” and her much younger sister Mariel—but growing the family only intensified their dysfunction. Then the other shoe dropped.
3. Her Grandfather Met A Notorious End
In the summer of 1961, Margaux’s troubled grandfather Ernest notoriously took his life on the family farm in Idaho. His end sent shockwaves through the world, but deeper tremors went throughout Margaux’s inner circle, and her father and mother struggled even more to be parents to their young children. Before long, Margaux was trying to break free from this hellish home life, and she did it in all the wrong ways.
