Jack Hemingway
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| Jack Hemingway | |
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| Born | Jack Hemingway October 10, 1923 |
| Died | December 1, 2000 (aged 77) |
Jack Hemingway (October 10, 1923 – December 1, 2000), the first son of American writer Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley Richardson, was born in Toronto, Canada. He was also the father of actresses Margaux and Mariel Hemingway.
He was born John Hadley Nicanor Hemingway on October 10, 1923. Nicknamed "Bumby", Jack spent his early years in Paris and the Austrian Alps. These years are described in A Moveable Feast, Hemingway's autobiography, published in 1964. Gertrude Stein and her partner, Alice B. Toklas, were his godparents. Jack Hemingway helped finish his father's autobiography, which was published three years after Ernest's death. Throughout his life, he was an avid fly fisherman. He served in World War II as a member of the OSS working specifically with the French resistance. In October 1944 he was wounded and captured by the Germans behind their lines near the town of Vosges.[1] Following World War II he was stationed in West Berlin. He also wrote an autobiography titled Misadventures of a Fly Fisherman: My life with and without Papa.
He died on December 1, 2000 at the age of 77, in New York City.
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- ^ Maj. Robert E. Mattingly: The Marines of the OSS: "Herringbone Cloak- GI Dagger: The Marines of the OSS " retrieved 2007-12-11
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