The legendary Beat writer Jack Kerouac died on this day, October 21st, 1969. Here’s a short write-up on his final days, along with one of my favorite Kerouac passages from his book – Big Sur. Check it out. “By the time Jack Kerouac died at 47 in 1969, he’d exiled himself from the 1960s youth culture he’d partly inspired with the likes of ‘On the Road’ and ‘The Dharma Bums.’ Bloated by booze and reactionary politics, he bore little resemblance to that matinee-idol handsome ‘King of the Beats’. In death, though, Kerouac’s star has risen with each succeeding generation.”