Editing William Styron (section)

==Personal life and death==
In 1985, he had his first serious bout with [[major depression|depression]]. Once he recovered from his illness, Styron was able to write the memoir ''[[Darkness Visible (memoir)|Darkness Visible]]''&nbsp;(1990), the work for which he became best known during the last two decades of his life.

While doing a fellowship at the [[American Academy in Rome]], Styron renewed a passing acquaintance with young [[Baltimore]] poet Rose Burgunder. They married in Rome in the spring of 1953. Together, they had four children: daughter Susanna Styron is a film director; daughter Paola is an internationally acclaimed modern dancer; daughter [[Alexandra Styron|Alexandra]] is a writer, known for the 2001 novel ''All The Finest Girls'' and 2011 memoir ''Reading My Father: A Memoir''; and son Thomas is a professor of [[clinical psychology]] at [[Yale University]].

Styron died from [[pneumonia]] on November 1, 2006, at age 81, on [[Martha's Vineyard]]. He is buried at [[West Chop]] Cemetery in [[Vineyard Haven]], [[Dukes County]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7B4AAAAMAAJ |title=The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Literature |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8078-3190-8 |page=438}}</ref>