Email, February 8th, 2024
Happy birthday, Neal Cassady…
Dad would have been 98 years old today! Yeah, as if? Well, his beloved wife Carolyn Elizabeth Robinson Cassady, made it to age 90, so that was a pretty good run, I think. It could happen!
Other stars born on this day:
Nick Nolte – 1941 (appropriate)
James Dean – 1931 (even more appropriate)
Passing only four days short of his 42nd birthday, I think that he accomplished a lot in his 41 years on this Planet.
Documented in story and song (some of which was made-up bullshit, but mostly accurate stuff written by Kerouac and Kesey), he will forever hold his place in the American literary lexicon.
Rest in Peace, Dad
John Allen Cassady
via Kerouac's prose,Neal Cassady Defined the MODERN day American literary lexicon !
Keep drivin' Neal!