Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Ken Kesey across 5 places, from 1935 to 2001.
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Kenneth Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ken Kesey was documented, and when
1935year
La Junta, Coloradoattested“Kesey was born in 1935 in La Junta, Colorado, to dairy farmers Geneva (née Smith) and Frederick A.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1946year
Springfield, Oregonattested“When Kesey was 10 years old, the family moved to Springfield, Oregon in 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1957year
University of Oregonattested“A member of Beta Theta Pi throughout his studies, Kesey graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in speech and communication in 1957.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
25 October 2001exact date
Eugene, Oregonattested“On October 25, 2001, Kesey had surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene on his liver to remove a tumor; he did not recover and died of complications several weeks later on November 10 at age 66.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
25 October 2001exact date
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University Districtattested“On October 25, 2001, Kesey had surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene on his liver to remove a tumor; he did not recover and died of complications several weeks later on November 10 at age 66.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
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Places Ken Kesey is documented in
Eugene, Oregon1 presence · 2001
La Junta, Colorado1 presence · 1935
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District1 presence · 2001
Springfield, Oregon1 presence · 1946
University of Oregon1 presence · 1957
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1953year
Springfield High School (Oregon)mentioned“He graduated from Springfield High School in 1953.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1958year
Los Angelesmentioned“After the last of several brief summer sojourns as a struggling actor in Los Angeles, Kesey published his first short story ("First Sunday of September") in the Northwest Review and successfully applied to the highly selective Woodrow Wi…”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
August 1963month
La Honda, Californiamentioned“The book's success, as well as the demolition of the Perry Lane cabins in August 1963, allowed him to move to a log house in La Honda, California, a rustic hamlet in the Santa Cruz Mountains 15 miles southwest of Stanford University.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
August 1963month
Santa Cruz Mountainsmentioned“The book's success, as well as the demolition of the Perry Lane cabins in August 1963, allowed him to move to a log house in La Honda, California, a rustic hamlet in the Santa Cruz Mountains 15 miles southwest of Stanford University.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1964year
New Yorkmentioned“When the 1964 publication of his second novel, Sometimes a Great Notion, required his presence in New York, Kesey, Neal Cassady, and others in a group of friends they called the Merry Pranksters took a cross-country trip in a school bus…”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1965 to 1966period
San Franciscomentioned“After the bus trip, the Pranksters threw parties they called Acid Tests around the San Francisco Bay Area from 1965 to 1966.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1965 to 1966period
San Francisco Bay Areamentioned“After the bus trip, the Pranksters threw parties they called Acid Tests around the San Francisco Bay Area from 1965 to 1966.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1965year
La Hondamentioned“In 1965, Kesey was arrested in La Honda for marijuana possession.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
17 January 1966exact date
Redwood Citymentioned“On January 17, 1966, Kesey was sentenced to six months at the San Mateo County jail in Redwood City, California.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
17 January 1966exact date
San Mateo Countymentioned“On January 17, 1966, Kesey was sentenced to six months at the San Mateo County jail in Redwood City, California.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1970year
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvaniamentioned“Sometimes a Great Notion inspired a 1970 film starring and directed by Paul Newman; it was nominated for two Academy Awards, and in 1972 was the first film shown by the new television network HBO, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
1978 to 2003period
San Franciscomentioned“In the Grateful Dead DVD The Closing of Winterland (2003) documenting the New Year's 1978/1979 concert at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco, Kesey is featured in a between-set interview.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
23 January 1984exact date
Pullman, Washingtonmentioned“On January 23, 1984, Kesey's 20-year-old son Jed, a wrestler for the University of Oregon, suffered severe head injuries on the way to Pullman, Washington, when the team's loaned van crashed after sliding off an icy highway.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
14 August 1997exact date
Six Flags Darien Lakementioned“On August 14, 1997, Kesey and his Pranksters attended a Phish concert in Darien Lake, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Ken Kesey
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