There Were Almost No Obituaries For Sylvia Plath "At the time of her death by suicide - 50 years ago, on February 11, 1963 - she was a published novelist and an acclaimed poet; beyond that, she was also a statuesque, stylish American married to the celebrated English poet Ted Hughes. ... The secrecy surrounding Plath's suicide, as it turns out, masked more than just the ugly details of her death."
The Atlantic 02/11/13