Sylvia Plath's father died when she was eight, and this experience inspired much of her work.
Otto Plath died unexpectedly due to complications after the amputation of his foot from untreated diabetes. His death had a significant impact on Plath, and was the inspiration for many of her poems, including one of her most famous: "Daddy."
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