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McKuen

American  
[muh-kyoo-uhn] / məˈkyu ən /

noun

  1. Rod, 1933–2015, U.S. poet and songwriter.


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“As a woman who’s 60 now and on the autism spectrum, it was different when I was a kid,” McKuen said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Rod McKuen later claimed that the panel had fought all week over Vanessa vs.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

In 2015, Rod McKuen, whose music, verse and spoken-word recordings made him one of the best-selling poets in history, died at 81.

From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2021

Her work, by turns mawkishly sentimental and quotably confessional, makes her the Rod McKuen of her generation.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2017

Rodney Marvin McKuen was born in a charity hospital in Oakland, Calif., on April 29, 1933.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2015

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