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Also Known As Ken Elton Kesey
Born September 17, 1935 • La Junta • Colorado
Died November 10, 2001 (aged 66) • Eugene • Oregon
Notable Works “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

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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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