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Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. Cassady published only two short fragments of prose in his lifetime, but exerted considerable intellectual and stylistic influence through his conversation and ...
Hicks' death scene on the railroad tracks at the film's conclusion is directly based on Cassady's death along a railroad track outside of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 1968.
Neal Cassady never lived to see 1969. He died sometime on the night of February 3/4, 1968, after attending a wedding party in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He imbibed the alcoholic beverage pulque at the wedding, which may have contributed to his death as he was taking the barbiturate Seconal that day.
- Writer, Soundtrack
- February 8, 1926
- Neal Cassady
- February 4, 1968
Feb 4, 2019 · The exact cause of Cassady’s death remains uncertain. Those who attended the wedding party confirm that he took an unknown quantity of secobarbital, a powerful barbiturate sold under the brand name Seconal.
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Heart Beat: Directed by John Byrum. With Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard, Ray Sharkey. The life and friendship among the icons of the Beat Generation: Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, and Jack Kerouac.
