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Burroughs with one of his cats

Burroughs posing for a portrait photo by local artist and KU professor emeritus Roger Shimomura

William Burroughs with his close friend, Jim McCrary.

Paintings by William Burroughs in the back porch of his house on Learnard Ave.

Burroughs, Jim McCrary (middle) and S. Clay Wilson on Burroughs' front porch, summer 1991

Burroughs and baby at a Kansas City art opening. He reportedly asked "Do they want ...

Burroughs' memorial service at Liberty Hall on Aug. 6, 1997, four days after he died ...

Burroughs at home with one of his many cats

Burroughs (left to right), Steve Tubbert, Mark Henning, George Kaull and Jim McCrary during a ...

Burroughs at target practice with friend George Kaull

William Burroughs with an unidentified guest and Jim McCrary.

Burroughs at target practice

Burroughs by his garage on Learnard Ave.

Photo taken in Lawrence for the 1993 Gap ad campaign

Burroughs in Esquire Magazine Japan shortly after his death in 1997.

Burroughs and Patti Smith in September 1995

Burroughs at target practice

Burroughs with one of his cats at the Outhouse

Burroughs with Norman Mailer and James Grauerholz.

David Hockney with Burroughs at the Naropa Institute, Boulder, July 1989

Allen Ginsberg and Burroughs at target practice

"Pour William S. Burroughs/three minds," by Brion Gysin

"The Plumed Serpent," by William S .Burroughs

Burroughs recording.

Burroughs' wife Joan Vollmer

On the Banks of the Wakarusa with a . 44 Special, 1994

Wayne Propst and Burroughs

Wayne Propst at the viewing of William Burroughs

"Four Celestial Babies," by William Burroughs (1992).

Burroughs arriving to a snake hunting expedition.

Burroughs practicing knife throwing.

"Christmas," by William S. Burroughs

"Will He Have 3-D In Time?" A shirt design by William S. Burroughs

Recording Session for a Music Video, 1992

Burroughs and his wife, Joan Vollmer, with baby Billy in east Texas in 1947

James Grauerholz and William Burroughs

Burroughs at Fred Aldrich's farm.

Burroughs and James Grauerholz via the lens of Wayne Propst

Burroughs checking the target after knife throwing.

Burroughs' son Billy

Burroughs recording.

Burroughs recording.

Recording Session for a Music Video, 1992

Burroughs, 83

Wayne Propst (right) at Burroughs' wake.

"Creation of Another Homunculus," by William S . Burroughs

"Under the Grain," by William S. Burroughs

Burroughs with Mark Luce at the "Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts" ...

"Pien ne va plus," by William Burroughs (1990)

"The Old Man of the Mountain," by William S. Burroughs

"Shrine," by William S. Burroughs

"The Blood of Kings," by William S. Burroughs

"Ghost of a Chance no. 15 (The Bridge)," by William S. Burroughs

Burroughs' longtime friend David Ohle

Burroughs longtime friend Wayne Propst

Burroughs with his favorite drink, vodka and Coke

A portrait of the Old Man.

William Burroughs

Burroughs at Fred Aldrich's farm.

William Burroughs

"William S. Burroughs," by Robert Mapplethorpe

"Gluttony," by William S. Burroughs

The shack on Fred Aldrich's farm where Burroughs frequently wrote.

"War" by William Burroughs (1989).

From the Spencer Museum of Art's William S. Burroughs collection.

Burroughs and friend Karl Gridley

Burroughs' former barber, Marty Olson.

Painting of Burroughs by Roger Shimomura, KU professor of art emeritus

Jan Herman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg at the "Ports of Entry: William S. ...

Burroughs and Grauerholz in New York City circa 1974.

Photos of James Grauerholz and William Burroughs when they first met in New York City, ...

Burroughs with his Orgone Accumulator in New York City, 1974.