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RIP Peter Orlovsky, 76
« on: June 01, 2010, 11:14:02 AM »
Allen Ginsberg's longtime partner, himself a poet, of lung cancer, in Vermont, at 76:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/05/peter-orlovsky-poet-and-partner-to-allen-ginsberg-has-died.html

Orlovsky was predominantly heterosexual, from various accounts I've read, yet his partnership with Ginsberg lasted 30 years.  It's good to be reminded that sometimes love takes unexpected forms.
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