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In the film Across the Universe (2007), the character Dr. Robert, played by Bono, is said to have been inspired by Neal Cassady. [28]
In 1946, not long after his release from prison, Neal married a 16-year-old girl (some sources say 15) called Lu Anne Henderson just three weeks after meeting her. In connection with his association with Brierly, Neal had met an older boy called Hal Chase (1923-2006), who had also been taken under Brierly’s wing.
Even though he had a wife and family in Monte Sereno, Cassady still kept up his affair with Ginsberg. He was never more than 50 miles away from San Francisco, where Ginsberg lived. Most sources suggest that Cassady preferred the company of women, but something about Ginsberg kept him coming back for 20 long and lurid years.
In March 1947, Carolyn met Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, [6] and Allen Ginsberg. Allen stayed in her residence hotel apartment for two weeks before finding an apartment of his own, and Jack accompanied her to rehearsals at the university.
Soon, he became a member of the ‘Beat Generation', a community of writers who came to eminence in the 1950s, post the World War II. Personal Life & Legacy. In October 1945, he marred, LuAnne Henderson, a fifteen year old. Their marriage was annulled in 1948.
Inspired by a 10,000-word rambling letter from his friend, Neal Cassady, Kerouac, in 1950, outlined the "Essentials of Spontaneous Prose" and decided to tell the story of his years on the road with Cassady, as if writing a letter to a friend in a form that reflected the improvisational fluidity of jazz. [5]
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Sep 28, 2013 · In her book Off the Road (1990), Carolyn Cassady, who has died aged 90, charted her extraordinary life with the Beat writers Neal Cassady, her husband, and Jack Kerouac, her lover. Cassady...
