Margot/Margaux Hemingway This girl had been through the ringer. Not a happy camper. She had a history of depression, bulimia, and epilepsy. She had been to shrinks for years. At the time of her death, she was broke, and hearing voices (bad ones.). She told friends that she had a premonition of it all ending soon, and you know what? It did.

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