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DIED. HERBERT HUNCKE, 81, hustler and hooligan who gave the Beats their name and William S. Burroughs his first fix; in New York City. He was a character in the works of his cronies Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
Other literary celebrities, like WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (Naked Lunch), are devoted to rock. He masterminded The "Priest" They Called Him, a spoken-word album with music by KURT COBAIN.
DIED. TIMOTHY LEARY, 75, the Harvard psychology professor and lsd guru who encouraged the rebellious 1960s generation to "turn on, tune in, drop out"; of cancer; in Beverly Hills, California. A cyberspace enthusiast, he turned his battle with cancer ("the beginning of the most fascinating part of my life") into...
Leary's 1994 work, Chaos & Cyberculture, includes conversations with public figures from Winona Ryder to William S. Burroughs.
After winning its Tuesday-night time slot on its first outing, Carvey's show slipped to third place last week--though he still scored No. 1 with the coveted market of men ages 18 to 49. Many of them are in that key demographic group that likes to think of...