Aftermath An inquest was held on February 15 and concluded that the cause of death was suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Hughes was devastated; they had been separated for six months, due to his affair with Assia Wevill. In a letter to an old friend of Plath's from Smith College, he wrote: "That's the end of my life. The rest is posthumous."Smith College. Plath papers. Series 6, Hughes. Plath archive. Wevill also died by suicide, using a gas stove, six years later.
Aftermath An inquest was held on February 15 and concluded that the cause of death was suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Hughes was devastated; they had been separated for six months, due to his affair with Assia Wevill In a letter to an old friend of Plath's from Smith College, he wrote: "That's the end of my life. The rest is posthumous."Smith College Plath papers. Series 6, Hughes. Plath archive. Wevill also died by suicide, using a gas stove, six years later.