Neal Cassady

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Allen_Ginsberg
gptkb:Jack_Kerouac
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Salt_Lake_City,_Utah
gptkbp:born February 8, 1926
gptkbp:children gptkb:Nina_Cassady
gptkb:John_Cassady
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Miguel_de_Allende,_Mexico
gptkbp:depictedIn The Last Time I Committed Suicide
The Beat Generation (film)
On the Road (film)
Big Sur (film)
Howl (film)
gptkbp:died February 4, 1968
gptkbp:education gptkb:Boulder_High_School
gptkbp:famousFor his relationships with prominent writers
his role in the counterculture movement
his spontaneous lifestyle
gptkbp:famousQuote “I live for the moment.”
“I’m a free spirit.”
“I’m a man of the road.”
“I’m not a writer, I’m a writer’s muse.”
“The only thing that matters is the journey.”
gptkbp:hobbies playing music
writing letters
driving fast cars
experimenting with drugs
traveling_across_the_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Neal Cassady
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hunter_S._Thompson
gptkb:Ken_Kesey
hippie movement
Beatnik culture
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_S._Burroughs
gptkb:Henry_Miller
gptkbp:knownFor being_a_key_figure_in_the_Beat_Generation
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:nickname The Merry Prankster
gptkbp:notableWork On the Road
Desolation Angels
The First Third
gptkbp:occupation actor
writer
gptkbp:relationship with Diane di Prima
with_Joan_Anderson
with_Neal_Cassady's_children
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Carolyn_Cassady