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    BornFebruary 4, 1923 · Loudonville, New York, U.S.
    DiedSeptember 6, 1951 (aged 28) · Mexico City, Mexico
    Cause of deathGunshot wound
    Overview

    Joan Vollmer (February 4, 1923 – September 6, 1951) was an influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College, she became the roommate of Edie Parker (later marri… See more

    Biography

    Joan Vollmer was born in Ossining, New York, and raised in Loudonville, New York. She graduated from St. Agnes School in 1939 and attended Barnard College in New York City on a scholarship, also studying journalismSee more

    Death

    On September 6, 1951, shortly after his return from holiday in Ecuador with a boyfriend, Burroughs shot Vollmer in the head, allegedly while trying to shoot a glass he had asked her to balance on her head during a dr… See more

    Sources

    Ted Morgan, Literary Outlaw, the Life and Times of William S. Burroughs (1988, Henry Holt, ISBN 0-380-70882-5)
    Jack Kerouac, The Vanity of Duluoz (1967–1968, Coward-McCann, ISBN 0-14-023639-2)… See more

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