Night Before He Died

10/20/69

To his nephew Paul Blake, Jr.  

 "This is Uncle Jack," Kerouac wrote. "I've turned over my entire estate, real, personal and mixed, to Memere (mom) and if she dies before me, it will be turned to you. I wanted to leave my estate to someone directly connected with the last remaining drop of my direct blood line, and not to leave a

dingblasted f- g- thing to my wife's one hundred Greek relatives." 

According to me:

At first they lied and said the letter was fake.  

Then John and Stella said Jack got in a fight with 

Tony and the letter was the result.

Timeline: 

Stella was served divorce papers.

Tony and Jack got in a fight.

Jack wrote a letter to his nephew and

snuck it in the mail before

eating poisoned tuna 

causing a hemorrhage..

Or 

Stella was served divorce papers.

She called Tony to come handle it.

Jack realized his inevitable fate and 

quickly mailed a letter to his nephew.

  Tony punched Jack in the stomach 

causing an eruption.  

Do we even really know if Jack was conscious when he got to the hospital?

Kerouac's unintended legacy? A legal limbo (sfgate.com)