Few poets of the past 60 years were so well known or so influential as Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Author: JANIE HAR and HILLEL ITALIE (Associated Press)
Published: 12:21 PM PST February 23, 2021
Updated: 12:21 PM PST February 23, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO — Poet, publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement, has died. He was 101.
Ferlinghetti died at his San Francisco home Monday, his son Lorenzo Ferlinghetti told The Associated Press Tuesday. The cause was lung disease.
His father died “in his own room,” holding the hands of his son and his son's girlfriend, "as he took his last breath, his son said.