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It's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies

Jack Kerouac

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Jack Kerouac
Age: 47 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 13
Died: 1969
Died: October 21
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
Kerouac
Jean-Louis Kerouac
Beneath
Specks
Sky
Suitcases
Adventure
Bye
Forward
Skies
Travel
Lean
Crazy
Goodbye
Next
Venture
Good
Traveled

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