What year did poet Sylvia Plath kill herself, and how old was she?
Sylvia Plath Born: October 27, 1932(1932-10-27) Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States Died: February 11, 1963 (aged 30) London, England, United Kingdom Occupation: Poet, novelist, and short story writer Nationality: American Literary movement: confessional poetry “Death Plath took her own life on the morning of February 11, 1963. Leaving out bread and milk, she completely sealed the rooms between herself and her sleeping children with “wet towels and cloths.” Plath then placed her head in the oven while the gas was turned on. It has been suggested that Plath’s suicide attempt was too precise and coincidental, and that she had not intended to succeed in killing herself. Apparently, she had previously asked Mr. Thomas, her downstairs neighbor, what time he would be leaving; and a note had been placed that read “Call Dr. Horder” and listed his phone number. Therefore it is argued that Plath must have turned the gas on at a time when Mr. Thomas should have been waking and beginning h
