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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 71
Also known asLawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti, Lawrence Monsanto FerlingGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn24/03/1949Born inYonkers, New York, USA Died22/02/2021 (aged 71)Died inSan FranciscoCauseinterstitial lung diseaseWikidataQ314269 ↗Buried atBolinasTMDb#76148 ↗

Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies.

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Filmography14 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2022The Beat BombMoviehimself73
2009Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of WonderMovieSelf60
2007The Darwin AwardsMovieLawrence Ferlinghetti58
2005The War PrayerMovieMinister56
2005The Joy of LifeMovieVoiceover56
2003The Last Tears from Planet EarthMovie—54
1999The SourceMovieSelf50
1980The Beats: An Existential ComedyMovie—31
1978The Last WaltzMovieSelf29
1970WoodstockMovieSelf21
1967Be-InMovieSelf18
1965Wholly CommunionMovieSelf16
1965GoldmouthMovie—16
1958Have You Sold Your Dozen Roses?MovieNarrator (voice)9