The novelist Richard Brautigan died at the age of 49. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
An American fiction writer and poet known for his frequent use of satire, black comedy, and parody, he is most famous for his 1967 novel, Trout Fishing in America. His other well-known works include In Watermelon Sugar (1968) and The Tokyo-Montana Express (1980).
He grew up in the Pacific Northwest and wrote for his Oregon high school’s newspaper during his teenage years. In 1955, he was diagnosed with both clinical depression and paranoid schizophrenia.
He died of a self-inflicted .44 Magnum gunshot wound to the head.
How did Richard Brautigan die?
In 1984, at age 49, Richard Brautigan had moved to Bolinas, California, where he was living alone in a large, old house that he had bought with his earnings years earlier. He died of a self-inflicted . 44 Magnum gunshot wound to the head.
Quotes
""It's strange how the simple things in life go on while we become more difficult."
""I'll think about things for thirty or forty years before I'll write it."
""I don't want my daughter to be educated. I think women should just be decorative."
""All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds."
""I didn't know the full dimensions of forever, but I knew it was longer than waiting for Christmas to come."