Seth Morgan (novelist)
| Seth Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Seth David Morgan April 4, 1949 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 17, 1990 (aged 41) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Seaside Cemetery |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | USA |
| Education |
St. Bernard's School Hotchkiss School The American School In Switzerland |
| Alma mater | University of California Berkeley |
| Notable works | Homeboy (1990) |
| Relatives | George Frederick Morgan (father) |
Seth David Morgan (April 4, 1949 - October 17, 1990) was an American novelist, who published one book, Homeboy (1990), and was working on a second novel when he died. He is also notable because he was Janis Joplin's fiancḗ at the time of her death, in October 1970.
Morgan was the son of soap fortune heir and poet George Frederick Morgan, and Constance Canfield. The Esquire article, "Seth Morgan's Last Ride" (February 1, 1991), recounts Morgan's description of his mother and childhood: Morgan stated Canfield was "an alcoholic beauty who drank herself to death in 1964", and he claimed that her coldness was to blame for his brother's suicide (by leaping to his death off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge). Morgan also believed that he inherited what he called his "addictive personality" from his alcoholic mother. He later said that he harbored intense bitterness towards women because of Canfield's treatment of him and his siblings, and he spent years "planning the strategic degradation of women".
Morgan attended several elite private academies: St. Bernard's School in New York, from which he was expelled,Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, from which he was also expelled,The American School in Switzerland, from which he was also expelled, and The Butler Institute in Guadalajara, Mexico. He also briefly attended University of California Berkeley and received a trust fund income between US$26,000 and US$30,000 a year.
In 1970, Morgan dropped out of U.C. Berkeley. Later that year, he met singer Janis Joplin while delivering cocaine to her home in Marin County. The two began a relationship and became engaged. Their relationship became public knowledge in Joplin's obituary in TIME.
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