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Ken Kesey
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 66
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn17/09/1935Born inLa Junta, Colorado, USADied10/11/2001 (aged 66)Died inSacred Heart Medical Center University DistrictCauseliver cancerWikidataQ244390 ↗Buried atKesey Family Farm CemeteryTMDb#7064 ↗

Kenneth Elton Kesey was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.

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Filmography21 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2020History 101SeriesSelf (archive footage)85
2018Arthur Janov's Primal TherapyMovie—83
2018One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking TruthMovieSelf (archive footage)83
2016Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord BuckleyMovieSelf81
2014Ken KeseyMovieSelf (archive footage)79
2011Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool PlaceMovieSelf76
2008Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic OdysseyMovieSelf (archive footage)73
2008Edge City: The Story of the Merry PrankstersMovieSelf73
2003Go FurtherMovieSelf68
2003The NetMovieSelf (archive footage)68
2001Ricochet RiverMovieBaseball Announcer66
2000The Beatles RevolutionMovieSelf65
2000Twister: A Musical CatastropheMovieOz65
1999The SourceMovieSelf64
1999TrippingMovieSelf64
1997Completely CuckooMovieSelf62
1996Great DrivesSeriesSelf61
1994Even Cowgirls Get the BluesMovieSissy's Daddy59
1994The Life and Times of Allen GinsbergMovieSelf59
1986LSD: The Beyond WithinMovieSelf51
1966The Acid TestMovieSelf31