Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's Last Surviving Child, Dies at 97
Patrick Hemingway, who managed his father's literary estate and edited posthumous works, lived a long life despite his family's history of suicide and mental illness.
- Patrick Hemingway, the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway, died Tuesday at age 97 at his home in Bozeman, Montana, his grandson Patrick Hemingway Adams confirmed.
- Born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ernest Hemingway and Pauline Pfeiffer, Patrick Hemingway grew up moving between Cuba, Spain, Wyoming and Key West, and after Harvard University he bought a farm in Tanganyika .
- Family history included suicide tragedies with Clarence Hemingway and Ernest Hemingway, while siblings Gregory Hemingway and Margaux Hemingway faced struggles; letters in 'Dear Papa: The Letters of Patrick and Ernest Hemingway' show mutual affection.
- As executor of his father's estate, Patrick Hemingway approved reissues of classics like 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'A Moveable Feast' and assembled the 1999 release from 800 manuscript pages, cutting its length by more than half.
- The estate's choices, including commercial products including 'Papa's Pilar Rum,' unsettled some Hemingway admirers, and 'True at First Light' drew criticism as some accused Patrick of exploiting the family name.
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Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's last surviving child, dies at 97 in Bozeman
Patrick's most ambitious undertaking was the editing of "True at First Light," a fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway's time in Africa in the mid-1950s that the author left unfinished at
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's last surviving child, dies at 97 (Entertainment)
Patrick Hemingway, the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway who was inspired by his father to spend years in Africa and later oversaw numerous posthumous works by the Nobel laureate, died Tuesday at age 97. Hemingway, the second of the author's three sons, died at his home in Bozeman, Montana, h...

Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's last surviving child, dies at 97
Patrick Hemingway, the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway who in emulation of his father lived for years in Africa and later oversaw numerous posthumous works by the Nobel laureate, has died.
Patrick Hemingway died on September 2 at the age of 97.
Patrick Hemingway, son of the famous American writer, journalist and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner Ernest Hemingway, has died at the age of 97. — Ukrinform.
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