
Ernest Hemingway and Mary Welsh Survive Two Plane Crashes
Clip: Episode 3 | 3m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
In the summer of 1953, Ernest and Mary survived two plane crashes while in Africa.
In the summer of 1953, Ernest and Mary were involved in two plane crashes in two days while in Africa. Following the first accident, word had spread that the writer died, many publications prematurely publishing his obituary before the couple finally arrived at their destination of Entebbe. Though both were injured, Hemingway suffered yet another traumatic brain injury with a fractured skull.
Corporate funding for HEMINGWAY was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and by ‘The Better Angels Society,’ and...

Ernest Hemingway and Mary Welsh Survive Two Plane Crashes
Clip: Episode 3 | 3m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
In the summer of 1953, Ernest and Mary were involved in two plane crashes in two days while in Africa. Following the first accident, word had spread that the writer died, many publications prematurely publishing his obituary before the couple finally arrived at their destination of Entebbe. Though both were injured, Hemingway suffered yet another traumatic brain injury with a fractured skull.
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In 1946, Hemingway married Mary Welsh, a Time and Life correspondent he met during WWII. (4m 17s)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipCorporate funding for HEMINGWAY was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and by ‘The Better Angels Society,’ and...