and beat to his socks. Kerouac used the term to describe an entire generation. Jack Kerouac later insisted that "Beat" was derived from beatification, to be supremely happy. However, it is thought that this definition was a defense of the beat way of life, which was frowned upon and offended many American sensibilities. His autobiography, titled Guilty of Everything, was lived in the 1940s and 1960s but published in 1987. In 1991, Herbert Huncke was crowned King of the Beaux Arts Ball. He presided with Queen Fay Wray. Huncke died in 1996 at age 81. He had been living for several years in a basement apartment on East 7th Street near Avenue D in New York City, supported financially by his friends. In his last few years, he lived in the Chelsea Hotel, where his rent came from financial support from Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead, whom Huncke never met. Quotes on Huncke Jack Kerouac described Huncke in his "Now it's Jazz" reading from Desolation Angels, chapter 77: Huck, whom you'll see on Times Square, somnolent and alert, sad, sweet, dark, holy. Just out of jail. Martyred. Tortured by sidewalks, starved for sex and companionship, open to anything, ready to introduce a new world with a shrug. John Clellon Holmes described Albert Ancke, his representation of Huncke in Go in Chapter 14 of part 2: A sallow, wrinkled little hustler, hatless and occupying a crumpled sport shirt as though crouched in it to hide his withered body. Admired by David Wojnarowicz in his personal diaries, In the Shadow of the American Dream, where their meetings/dates are documented. Frank McCourt mentions knowing Huncke in Chapter 16 of Teacher Man: Alcohol is not his habit but he'll kindly allow you to buy him a drink at Montero's. His voice is deep, gentle and musical. He never forgets his manners and you'd rarely think of him as Huncke the Junkie. He respects law and obeys none of it. Huncke in film Huncke was featured in several documentaries about the Beat generation, including Janet Forman's "The Beat Generation: An American Dream," Richard Lerner and Lewis MacAdams' "What Happened to Kerouac?", John Antonelli's "Kerouac, the Movie", and Howard Brookner's documentary about William Burroughs, Burroughs: the Movie. He also starred in his only acting role in "The Burning Ghat" by James Rasin and Jerome Poynton. Works Huncke's Journal (Poets Press, 1965). Out of Print. Edited