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Herb Caen
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Legendary columnist for San Francisco Chronicle
Won a Pulitzer Prize.
Shortly after the Russian launch of the Sputnik in 1958, Caen coined the term "Beatnik" to describe youths associated with the beat generation
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 89-90. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1996 "For his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city."
Favorite drink was "Vitamin V" vodka martini. Many bars in San Francisco served 50 cent "Vitamin V" cocktail specials on the day of his funeral.
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