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  • Statue embodies spirit of Kesey

    11/18/2003 3:34:45 PM PST · by bicycle thug · 4 replies · 215+ views
    Registerguard.com ^ | November 15th 2003 | By Susan Palmer
    Ken Kesey spun his magic again Friday in the heart of Eugene, this time with a little help from his friends. A statue of Oregon's most famous storyteller, unveiled at Broadway Plaza, put him squarely back in the community's midst two years and five days after his death from cancer at age 66. The sculpture shows Kesey sitting on a granite bench reading to his three grandchildren, who posed for the work. After friends and family pulled the rainbow-colored fabric back to reveal the statue, kids in the crowd of hundreds pressed in first. Zane Kesey, son of the late...