"Nicolas Hughes ,the son of the poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes ,hanged himself at the age of 47 (on Monday, March 16). The former fisheries scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has carved out a succesfull career in one of the remotest parts of the western world, but ultimately he could not escape the legacy of being the offspring of one of the most famous and tragic literary relationships of the 20th century"
