Jack Kerouac died #OnThisDay in 1969. Kerouac was working on a book when he suddenly felt nauseated and began to vomit blood. He was taken to the hospital, where he died.
His cause of death was listed as an internal hemorrhage caused by cirrhosis.
His cause of death was listed as an internal hemorrhage caused by cirrhosis.
This is his naval reserve enlistment mugshot, taken in 1943.
When he died, Jack Kerouac was 47.
“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”
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