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Honoring the Life of a Beat Legend

Poet and countercultural activist Allen Ginsberg. He died over the weekend from liver cancer, at the age of 70. We remember him with a 1994 interview; at the time a four-CD boxed set of Ginsberg's work was released, "Holy Soul Jelly Roll - Songs and Poems (1949-1993). (REBROADCAST from 11/8/94)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 7, 1997: Interview with Eric Lax; Obituary for Allen Ginsberg; Review of the television show "Fired Up."

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