Eight years after the death of Plath, Al Alvarez (a friend of Plath and Hughes between 1960 and 1963) wrote that Plath's suicide was an unanswered cry for help. This prompted an angry response from Hughes who demanded that this claim be withdrawn from wider publication. In a BBC interview in March 2000, Alvarez spoke about his failure to recognize Plath's depression, saying he regretted his inability to offer her emotional support.
Eight years after the death of Plath, Al Alvarez (a friend of Plath and Hughes between 1960 and 1963) wrote that Plath's suicide was an unanswered cry for help. This prompted an angry response from Hughes who demanded that this claim be withdrawn from wider publication. In a BBC interview in March 2000, Alvarez spoke about his failure to recognize Plath's depression, saying he regretted his inability to offer her emotional support.