Theodore Roethke suffered a heart attack in friend's swimming pool
Robert Johnson drank whiskey poisoned by bartender (allegedly over a woman)
Philip Freneau died in a snowstorm while walking home from a tavern
Weldon Kees just up and disappeared.
Randall Jarrell was hiit by car while walking to hospital to receive treatment for injuries suffered during a suicide attempt.
Adelaide Crapsey died from tuberculosis of the brain lining.
Lew Welch left an ominous note, walked into the woods with a rifle, and was never seen again.
Frank O'Hara was hit by a dune buggy.
Jack Spicer succumbed to psoriosis, and his last words were "My vocabulary did this to me."
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Congratulations to Robert, who got them all correct. Jesse Ball's The Curfew
is winging its way to you as we speak. 
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