Neal Cassady, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Neal Cassady

American cultural figure of 1950s and 1960s

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1926

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1968

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. He was prominently featured as himself in the "scroll" (first draft) version of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road, and served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty in the 1957 version of that book.
In many of Kerouac's later books, Cassady is represented by the character Cody Pomeray.
Cassady also appeared in Allen Ginsberg's poems, and in several other works of literature by other writers.