Neal Cassady, the inspiration for On The Road and Jack Kerouac's spontaneous writing style, died 41 years ago today at the age of 41, 4 days shy of his 42nd birthday.
41 years ago at age 41. Today is the one and only day in the history of time past present and future that we can ever say that! Does that make this a super-special top-secret beat aficionado day?*
Here's the Wiki on Neal.
Here's an "official" site: Neal Cassady: Behind The Myth.
Want to read more? Just do some Googling. Lots out there.
RIP, holy goof.
*Kerouac died at 47 years of age in 1969, so in 2016 on October 21 we can say, "Jack died 47 years ago today at age 47." Who's gonna remember to remind me to blog about that?
**Tangential synchronistic side note: Another major influence on me, Carl Rogers, died 22 years ago this date in 1987 at the age of 85.
I didn't know how to celebrate Neal's birthday so I turned up John Coltrane as loud as I could with the kitchen window open and the sun filtering through and the wind blowing the blinds back and forth.
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