Death
Hemingway died October 1, 2001, of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in Miami-Dade Women's Detention Center. On the day of his death, he was due in court to answer charges of indecent exposure and resisting arrest without violence. He had been living in Florida for more than ten years. All the children survived him.
Most publications wrote obituaries under the name Gregory, but Time published a brief notice of the death of "Gloria Hemingway, 69, transsexual youngest son turned daughter of novelist Ernest Hemingway" and noted the novelist once said Gregory had "the biggest dark side in the family except me." The gravestone in the town cemetery in Ketchum, Idaho reads: "Dr. Gregory Hancock Hemingway 1931-2001".
Hemingway left two wills. One will left most of the $7,000,000 estate to Galliher, the other left most of it to Hemingway's children. The children challenged the will that named Galliher as heir, claiming that Galliher was not legally Hemingway's widow since Hemingway's home state of Florida did not recognize same-sex marriages. The parties eventually reached an undisclosed settlement.
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