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Allen Ginsberg
Deceased

How Did Allen Ginsberg Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 70
Also known asIrwin Allen Ginsberg, Alan GinsbergGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn03/06/1926Born inNewark, New Jersey, USA Died05/04/1997 (aged 70)Died inEast VillageCauseliver cancerWikidataQ6711 ↗Buried atBNai Israel CemeteryTMDb#110589 ↗

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions.

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Filmography78 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2026Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYCMovieSelf100
2026May Day x 4MovieSelf100
2026ALLEN & AIMovie—100
2025One to One: John & YokoMovieSelf (archive footage)99
2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVMovieSelf (archive footage)97
2021The Velvet UndergroundMovieSelf (archive footage)95
202070 Years of Youth RevoltSeriesSelf (archive footage)94
2017Harry Smith at the Breslin HotelMovieSelf (archive footage)91
2015Don't Blink - Robert FrankMovieSelf (archive footage)89
2014The Stars Behind the Iron CurtainMovieSelf (archive footage)88
2012Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy ManMovieSelf86
2011Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa RinpocheMovieSelf (archive footage)85
2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinMovieSelf (archive footage)84
2009Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of WonderMovieSelf (archive footage)83
2008Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur RussellMovieSelf (archive footage)82
200765 RevisitedMovieSelf (archive footage)81
2006Poets at the Living TheaterMovieSelf (archive footage)80
2004Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John SinclairMovieSelf (archive footage)78
2002The CockettesMovieSelf (archive footage)76
2000As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautyMovieSelf (archive footage)74
1999The SourceMovieSelf (archive footage)73
1999Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul BowlesMovieSelf (archive footage)73
1999New YorkSeriesSelf - Commentator73
1998BrakhageMovieSelf (archive footage)72
1997Birth of a NationMovieSelf71
1997U2: A Year in PopMovieSelf71
1997Happy Birthday to JohnMovieSelf71
1997Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a SpiritMovieSelf71
1994The Life and Times of Allen GinsbergMovieSelf (archive footage)68
1994Jonas in the DesertMovieSelf68
1994Moving PicturesMovieSelf68
1990Silence = DeathMovieSelf64
1990Berkeley in the SixtiesMovieSelf64
1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & IntersectionsMovieSelf64
1988Voices & Visions: Walt WhitmanMovieSelf62
1987It Was Twenty Years Ago TodayMovieSelf61
1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeMovieSelf (archive footage)60
1986Autumn RitualMovieSelf60
1985All Star VideoMovieSelf (archive footage)59
1984Burroughs: The MovieMovieSelf58
1984Good Morning, Mr. OrwellMovieSelf58
1984Before StonewallMovieSelf58
1984Ginsberg/Corso TapesMovieSelf58
1983This Song for JackMovieSelf57
1982Poetry in MotionMovieSelf56
1982Allan ‘n Allen’s ComplaintMovieSelf56
1981Greetings from Washington, D.C.MovieSelf55
1980No. 18: MahagonnyMovieSelf54
1980The Beats: An Existential ComedyMovie—54
1979Gay March on WashingtonMovieSelf53
1978Thot-Fal'NMovieSelf52
1977Phil Ochs Memorial CelebrationMovieSelf51
1976Lost, Lost, LostMovieSelf50
1974Suite 212MovieSelf48
1973We Can't Go Home AgainMovieAllen47
1973Global GrooveMovieSelf47
1971Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom RallyMovieSelf45
1969Me and My BrotherMovieSelf43
1969Bed PeaceMovieSelf43
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest42
1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesMovieSelf (archive footage)42
1968Underground New YorkMovieSelf42
1968YippieMovieSelf42
1967Be-InMovieSelf41
1967Bob Dylan – Don't Look BackMovieSelf (uncredited)41
1967HerostratusMoviePoet (voice)41
1967Hare KrishnaMovieSelf41
1967Ah, SunflowerMovieSelf41
1967Joan of ArcMovieSelf41
1967Turn On, Tune In, Drop OutMovieSelf (archive footage)41
1967Anatomy of ViolenceMovieSelf41
1966GalaxieMovieSelf40
1965Andy Warhol Screen TestsMovieSelf39
1965Wholly CommunionMovieSelf39
1965Dylan SpeaksMovieSelf (archive footage)39
1964CouchMovieSelf38
1964Stockhausen's Originale: DoubletakesMovie—38
1961Guns of the TreesMovieSelf (voice)35