Joan Vollmer (February 4, 1923 – September 6, 1951) was an influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College...
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Burroughs killed his second wife, Joan Vollmer, in 1951 in Mexico City. Burroughs initially claimed that he shot Vollmer while drunkenly attempting a "William...
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Livingston. The film focuses primarily on the last several weeks of writer Joan Vollmer's life in 1951 Mexico City, leading up to her accidental killing by her...
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awaiting trial for the allegedly accidental homicide of his common-law wife Joan Vollmer. The introduction of the 25th Anniversary edition of Queer, published...
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politician Herb Vollmer (1895–1961), American water polo player Jana Vollmer (born 1973), German beach volleyball player Joan Vollmer (1923–1951), American...
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David Kammerer (as Waldo Meister), Edie Parker (as Judie Smith) and also Joan Vollmer (as Mary Dennison) – though she essentially has a non-speaking role (however...
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Joan Vollmer shared an apartment on 118th Street in New York City which came to be frequented by many of the then unknown Beats, among them Vollmer's...
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1947, Burroughs was born in Conroe, Texas, to William S. Burroughs and Joan Vollmer. His mother was addicted to amphetamines, and his father was a heroin...
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2008. In 1945, Burroughs met Joan Vollmer, who would become his common-law wife. In October 1946, Burroughs and Vollmer left New York for Texas, where...
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The shooting of Joan Lee is based on the 1951 death of Joan Vollmer, Burroughs's common-law wife. Burroughs shot and killed Vollmer in a drunken game...
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