William S. Burroughs Jr.

William S. Burroughs Jr.

Born
July 21, 1947
Died
March 3, 1981

William Seward Burroughs III, or "Billy" Burroughs, was the son of Beat writer William S. Burroughs and Joan Vollmer. He wrote three novels: "Speed," "Kentucky Ham," and the unfinished "Prakriti Junction." Billy was a methamphetamine/methedrine addict for much of his life, and was arrested several…

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William Seward Burroughs III, or "Billy" Burroughs, was the son of Beat writer William S. Burroughs and Joan Vollmer. He wrote three novels: "Speed," "Kentucky Ham," and the unfinished "Prakriti Junction." Billy was a methamphetamine/methedrine addict for much of his life, and was arrested several times for forging prescriptions.

In 1976, Burroughs Jr. underwent a liver-transplant, due to cirrhosis of the liver caused by chronic alcoholism, and remained the rest of his life as an invalid as a result. His health greatly deteriorated after the operation, as he refused to give up drinking. He died in Florida in 1981, after being found in a shallow ditch. His life is chronicled in his biography "Cursed from Birth," edited by David Ohle, which includes material from the unfinished "Prakriti Junction."

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