His early work was overshadowed by Allen Ginsberg but McClure outlasted the Beats in a career that spanned more than 60 years
Michael McClure, one of the famed Beat poets of San Francisco whose career as a poet eclipsed many others in popular culture, has died. He was 87.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that McClure died Tuesday in Oakland, California, after suffering a stroke last year.
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