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How did Ernest Hemingway pull the trigger when he shot himself?

Ernest Hemingway committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a double-barrel shotgun. How did he pull the trigger on the gun? If you've ever seen a shotgun from 1960 era you'd understand the difficulty behind doing this.

Some theories:

He put the butt of the gun against the floor and the barrel against his forehead as he leaned over and pulled the trigger with his toes.

He used some pulley system made of string to pull the trigger.

Does anyone know for sure?

since he did away with himself with a rifle , my vote would be the toe theory - unless he had someone shoot him. the guy was allegedly dying from cancer but his father and grandfather died by their own hands, so ernest had suicide on his mind since early adulthood. this is most likely why he engaged in some hair-raising adventures, ww1, ww2, spanish civil war, safaris, the lot. early on, he felt that if he died in doing ,,, whatever, oh well and would go out in his own way. if he didn't, then he would write that article, that book, speak of those adventures and pull the plug later (which he did). you know, his eldest daughter took her life, as well?

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