The great American novelist died more than 40 years before the discovery of the degenerative brain disease

Jeremy Bailey | April 9, 2021 @ 9:16 PM

In the beginning of the end for Ernest Hemingway, as a 1954 trip to Africa is called in the new PBS documentary “Hemingway,” the great American novelist breaks his skull for the second time in his life during a plane crash in the outback.

Trapped as flames spread to the cabin, Hemingway is forced to use his head as a battering ram to create an opening in the twisted metal of the plane’s wreckage.

It’s the last of at least five major concussive head injuries that Hemingway sustained throughout his adult life and punctuates a growing problem. This time, his symptoms include slurred speech, double-vision and recurring deafness.

Source: Did Ernest Hemingway Succumb to CTE? PBS Doc Explores His Ill-Fated Concussions