1934-1998 US
Ray Bremser (February 22, 1934 – November 3, 1998) was an American poet.Bremser was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. When he was 17 he went AWOL from the United States Air Force and was briefly imprisoned. The next year he was sent to Bordenstown Reformatory for 6 years for armed robbery. He began writing poetry there and sent copies to Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and LeRoi Jones (Imamu Amear Baraka), who published his poems in "Yugen" and threw a big party for him when he got out of jail in 1958.Ray and Bonnie's lives were interwined and strong for life.He died in 1998 of lung cancer.