Gellhorn died by suicide at her home in London on February 15, 1998, at age 89.
Martha Gellhorn passed away on February 15, 1998, at her home in London, bringing an end to a life marked by bold and compassionate global reporting. She had been struggling with ovarian and liver cancer and chose to end her life at the age of 89. Her passing closed the final chapter on an extraordinary career in journalism, wherein she documented the frontline events that shaped the modern world. Gellhorn’s richly detailed dispatches and literary works remain instrumental in understanding the human dimensions of mid-20th-century conflicts.