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What happened to Sally Mann’s son?

Sally Mann’s son, Emmett Mann, was hit by a car when he was seven, an event she recounts in her first memoir, Hold Still, which she published in 2015. He recovered, but as an adult he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Emmett Mann died by suicide in 2016 when he was 36.