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Dick Norton--
Sylvia Plath and Man at Yale
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Born: September 28, 1929

Died: June 9, 2022

Dick Norton came from Yale University in 1952 to cure at the New York State Hospital at Ray Brook. He was the boyfriend of world-famous poet Sylvia Plath; he was fictionalized as “Buddy” in The Bell Jar. Sylvia visited Dick here and on one occasion she broke her leg when they went skiing on Mount Pisgah. 

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