| William S. Burroughs  AKA William Seward Burroughs
Born: 5-Feb-1914
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Died: 2-Aug-1997
Location of death: Lawrence, KS [1]
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Naked Lunch Military service: US Army (1941)
[1] Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS.
Father: Mortimer P. Burroughs (b. 16-Jun-1885, d. Jan-1965)
Mother: Laura Hammond Lee (b. 5-Aug-1888, d. 20-Oct-1970)
Brother: Mortimer P. Burroughs (b. 16-Feb-1911, d. 27-Feb-1983)
Wife: Ilse Klapper (div. 1946)
Wife: Joan Vollmer Adams (m. 1946, d. 6-Sep-1951 accidental gunshot)
Son: William S. Burroughs, Jr. (b. 1947, d. 1981 cirrhosis)
Slept with: Allen Ginsberg
High School: Los Alamos Ranch School, Otowi, NM (expelled)
University: BA English Literature, Harvard University (1936)
University: Vienna, Austria
University: Mexico City College, Mexico City, Mexico (1949-52, fled country)
Teacher: City College of New York
American Academy of Arts and Letters 1983
Scientology
Expelled from School
Forgery (Apr-1946)
Institutionalized
Lost Child Custody
unknown detox facility (1948)
Unlawful Possession of a Firearm New Orleans
Drug Possession: Marijuana New Orleans
Drug Possession: Heroin New Orleans
Failure to Appear New Orleans (27-Oct-1949), no charges filed
Driving While Intoxicated Texas
Sex in Public
Drug Smuggling
Involuntary Manslaughter
Heart Bypass Operation triple (1991)
Heart Attack 1-Aug-1997
Endorsement of Gap (1993)
Endorsement of Nike (1994)
Material Vocalist
St. Louis Walk of Fame
Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart
Risk Factors: Heroin, Morphine, LSD, Psilocybin, Peyote, Orgone, Syphilis, Malaria, Amputee
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Source (23-Jan-1999) · Himself
The Book of Life (22-Aug-1998) [VOICE]
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (18-Feb-1994) · Himself
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (13-Sep-1993) · Himself
Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991)
Twister (8-Aug-1990) · Man in Barn
Bloodhounds of Broadway (3-Nov-1989)
Drugstore Cowboy (6-Oct-1989) · Tom the Priest
Heavy Petting (7-Sep-1989) · Himself
Home of the Brave (25-Apr-1986) · Himself
What Happened to Kerouac? (16-Apr-1986) · Himself
Chappaqua (1966)
Häxan (18-Sep-1922) [VOICE]
Rotten Library Page:
William S. Burroughs
Is the subject of books:
William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Throbbing Gristle, 1982, BY: V. Vale and Andrea Juno (RE/Search)
Author of books:
Junkie (1963, pseudonym William Lee)
The Naked Lunch (1959, novel)
The Soft Machine (1961, novel)
The Ticket That Exploded (1962, novel)
Nova Express (1964, novel)
Cities of the Red Night (1981, novel)
The Place of Dead Roads (1983, novel)
Queer (1985)
Interzone (1989, novel)
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