(San Francisco) — 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. A then 22-year-old McClure helped organize the famous Six Gallery beat poetry reading on Oct. 7, 1955…

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