Continuing our popular series "Classical Greek Scholars Killed with Guns," we have determined that the name of Milman Parry's wife was...we haven't determined that. Using the crack forensic tool "Google" we have discovered no information on this. Which we find weird. Milman's Wikipedia entry is sparse and does not include this intelligence.  There was a son, which requires a wife or wife-like being but you can't cherchez without la femme. We have determined that there was an inquest into Milman's death, which presumes an autopsy. However googling "Milman Parry inquest" and "Milman Parry autopsy" yielded nothing related to the death, which we found weird until we learned that the terms "inquest" and "autopsy" are used in Milman's field. Which we find weird. The location of the gunshot wound on the body is important, not determinative, in reaching a judgment on whether it was suicide (e.g. head) or accidental (center mass) or homicide, i.e. inflicted by another (back). The path of the bullet through the body would be important in determining whether the injury was self-inflicted or inflicted by another. The presence of gunshot residue on the palm of the shooting hand would strongly indicate an other-inflicted wound while gunshot residue on the web would strongly indicate a self-inflicted wound. Gunshot residue on Milman's clothing overlaying the entrance wound would enable an estimate of the range of fire and would be important in reaching a reasonable judgment on whether the injury was self or other-inflicted and if it was accidental. So the autopsy report and the inquest report would be essential. But...nada. According to something we read, the cause of Milman's death as determined at inquest was accidental firearm discharge. The competing hypothesis was suicide.

No obituaries on Google. 1935 too long ago? There is no account of the circumstances of the death besides that quoted in its entirety in a previous post. Like the location of the death scene, the Los Angeles hotel: nothing. Weird. This was a prominent person, not well known outside of his field surely, but a man about whom questions were going to be asked when his death was so untimely. And weird.

Milman's son, Adam (first-born son "Adam," get it?), and his wife Anne taught at Yale. In 1971 they were riding a motorcycle in Colmar, France and were killed. No obits, not even a Wikipedia entry for Adam.

Weird.