Editing Jerzy Kosiński (section)

=== Death ===
Toward the end of his life Kosiński suffered from multiple illnesses, and questions arose regarding [[plagiarism]] in his work.<ref name=medscape/> By his late 50s he was suffering from an [[irregular heartbeat]].<ref name="Taylor">Taylor, John. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=VukCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 The Haunted Bird: The Death and Life of Jerzy Kosinski] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528104403/http://books.google.com/books?id=VukCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA24 |date=May 28, 2013 }}", ''New York'' Magazine, June 15, 1991.</ref>

He died by suicide on 3 May 1991 by ingesting a [[combined drug intoxication|lethal amount]] of [[alcohol poisoning|alcohol]] and [[drug overdose|drugs]] and wrapping a plastic bag around his head, [[asphyxia|suffocating]] himself.<ref name=obitnyt/><ref name=Taylor/> His suicide note read: "I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity."<ref name=medscape>{{cite news|first=William |last=Breitbart |author2=Rosenfeld, Barry |title=Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Influence of Psychosocial Issues |url=http://www.moffitt.org/moffittapps/ccj/v6n2/article3.htm |quote=Jerzy Kosiński, the Polish novelist and Holocaust survivor, committed suicide in May 1991. Like other individuals suffering with chronic medical illnesses, he chose suicide as a means of controlling the course of his disease and the circumstances of his death. |publisher=Moffitt Cancer Center |access-date=February 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717210852/http://www.moffitt.org/moffittapps/ccj/v6n2/article3.htm |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>Article in ''[[Newsweek]]'', May 13, 1991.</ref> Per his wishes, Kosiński was cremated and [[Oscar de la Renta]] spread his ashes near his home in the Dominican Republic, off a small cove in Casa de Campo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2014 |title=I Am Jerzy Kosinski |url=https://www.therupturemag.com/the-collagist/2014/2/2/i-am-jerzy-kosinski.html |access-date=April 9, 2024 |website=The Rupture |language=en-US |archive-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409233253/https://www.therupturemag.com/the-collagist/2014/2/2/i-am-jerzy-kosinski.html |url-status=live }}</ref>