How Did Allen Ginsberg Die
He Died of Liver Cancer at His Apartment, Bill Morgan, a Friend and the Poet’s Archivist, Said. Mr. Morgan Said That Mr. Ginsberg Wrote Right to the End. What...
He died of liver cancer at his apartment, Bill Morgan, a friend and the poet’s archivist, said. Mr. Morgan said that Mr. Ginsberg wrote right to the end.
What happened to Allen Ginsberg?
Already ailing from hepatitis and congestive heart failure, among other health issues, Ginsberg was diagnosed with liver cancer in the spring of 1997. He died shortly after on April 5, 1997, in his East Village loft surrounded by friends and old lovers. He was 70 years old.
Did Alan Ginsberg have a stroke?
The next day he suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma. Two days later, he died. In the New York Times, Ginsberg was remembered by William Burroughs as “a great person with worldwide influence.” Ginsberg’s poetry from the last few years of his life was collected in Death and Fame: Poems, 1993-1997.
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