Ken Kesey

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Ken Kesey, wearing a white cap, blue shirt, and red suspenders, smiles while holding a beer can in front of the brightly painted psychedelic bus Furthur.

Ken Kesey, holding a flute, sits atop the painted Furthur bus with several Merry Pranksters, surrounded by a crowd on a city street in San Francisco, 1966.

Statue of writer Ken Kesey

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American author

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Ken Kesey, wearing a white cap, blue shirt, and red suspenders, smiles while holding a beer can in front of the brightly painted psychedelic bus Furthur.

Ken Kesey

American writer Ken Kesey holding a beer in front of the second incarnation of the...

© Harry Herd—Redferns/Getty Images

Ken Kesey, holding a flute, sits atop the painted Furthur bus with several Merry Pranksters, surrounded by a crowd on a city street in San Francisco, 1966.

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters

Writer Ken Kesey holding a flute and riding on top of the Furthur bus with some of...

© Joe Rosenthal—The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images

Statue of writer Ken Kesey

Statue of writer Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey statue in Eugene, Oregon.

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