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Michael McClure

Oct 20, 1932 - May 04, 2020 (87 years old) in Marysville, Kansas, USA

Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was barely fictionalized in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and was immortalized as Pat McLear in Kerouac's Big Sur.

Known For

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The King of Queens
Waiter
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Classic Albums
Self - Friend and Poet
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The Last Waltz
Self
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Be-In
Self
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Maidstone
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Lions Love
The Beard Writer (uncredited)
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The Hired Hand
Plummer
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Two: Creeley/McClure
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Beyond the Law
Grahr
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Rock Poet: Jim Morrison
Self

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