Death
On June 5, 1996, Kerouac died in Albuquerque, New Mexico following surgery. Ms. Kerouac died a day after her spleen was removed. She had suffered kidney failure five years prior and had been on dialysis, said Gerald Nicosia, her father's biographer. She is survived by twin half-sisters, Katharine and Sharon, and one half-brother, David Bowers.
Nicosia, who at one time was Jan Kerouac's personal literary representative, has edited and published a book of tributes to her, entitled Jan Kerouac: A Life in Memory in January 2009.
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