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  1. illiam S. Burroughs, a renegade writer of the Beat Generation who stunned readers and inspired adoring cultists with his 1959 book ''Naked Lunch,'' died on Saturday evening at Lawrence Memorial...

  2. William Seward Burroughs II ( / ˈbʌroʊz /; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.

  3. Aug 2, 1997 · He faced another family tragedy when his only child, William Seward Burroughs III, an author, succumbed to substance addiction, had a liver transplant in 1976 for liver failure and died from alcohol-related complications in 1981 at age 33.

  4. Aug 3, 1997 · William S. Burroughs, whose ragged, scatological, experimental prose made him a seminal figure of the Beat Generation and later a guru to the hippie and punk rock movements, died Saturday at...

  5. Feb 5, 2011 · William S. Burroughs, born on this day 97 years ago, went from unknown writer to full-fledged cultural icon during the course of his long, strange life. Openly homosexual and an unapologetic...

  6. Aug 5, 1997 · William S. Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and Junkie died Saturday at age 83 after suffering a heart attack. The son of a successful St. Louis businessman, Burroughs

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  8. Aug 3, 1997 · William S. Burroughs, a renegade writer of the Beat Generation who stunned readers and inspired adoring cultists with his 1959 book ''Naked Lunch,'' died yesterday in Lawrence, Kan. He was 83...

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