Jeanpauldash
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Did anyone else read speed and Kentucky ham? I was really impressed.
How come he died young and his old man lived to be eighty something. ( he like guns a lot). The heroin didn't kill him. Oh just read he killed his liver in a short time drinking. He got a liver transplant and stop taking his anti transplant rejection drugs and kept drinking and died. Found in a ditch and taken to a hospital and died the next day. 33 years old, and apparently was a good writer. He apparently had a style similar to his dad and Jack Kerouac.Not, but I HAVE the book.
Think I'll bump it up my TBR list.
Really enjoyed his fathers books.
ThanxHow come he died young and his old man lived to be eighty something. ( he like guns a lot). The heroin didn't kill him. Oh just read he killed his liver in a short time drinking. He got a liver transplant and stop taking his anti transplant rejection drugs and kept drinking and died. Found in a ditch and taken to a hospital and died the next day. 33 years old, and apparently was a good writer. He apparently had a style similar to his dad and Jack Kerouac.
How come he died young and his old man lived to be eighty something. ( he like guns a lot). The heroin didn't kill him. Oh just read he killed his liver in a short time drinking. He got a liver transplant and stop taking his anti transplant rejection drugs and kept drinking and died. Found in a ditch and taken to a hospital and died the next day. 33 years old, and apparently was a good writer. He apparently had a style similar to his dad and Jack Kerouac.
He had some sort of surgery he didn't heal fromDamn, that's a rough way to go. Alcohol can definitely kill you quickly, though. All the specialists told me I wouldn't make it to 30 because of alcohol. I've made it 2 years past that, but probably only because I stopped drinking when I was 26 (I do still drink VERY occasionally, like maybe 3 or 4 times a year, and even then I limit myself to a maximum of three drinks).
Any idea why he stopped taking the anti-rejection meds?
He acquired cirrhosis of the liver due to alcohol abuse and received a liver transplant in 1976; but stopped taking tissue rejection medications and resumed drinking in 1981, and died as a result.He had some sort of surgery he didn't heal from
Wikipedia is not that great for in depth reasearch. What is shocking and sad is that his books( Speed and Kentucky Ham) were still in print long after his death( they were combined in one book. Two books for the price of one). Compilation of two. There was a Third that included part of an unfinished novel, that included journal writings and poems, correspondence and stuff called: ' Cursed Fron Birth: The Short, Unhappy Life of William s Burroughs Jr.' ( 2006).Damn, that's a rough way to go. Alcohol can definitely kill you quickly, though. All the specialists told me I wouldn't make it to 30 because of alcohol. I've made it 2 years past that, but probably only because I stopped drinking when I was 26 (I do still drink VERY occasionally, like maybe 3 or 4 times a year, and even then I limit myself to a maximum of three drinks).
Any idea why he stopped taking the anti-rejection meds?