Sterling Lord Dies: Literary Agent For Jack Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’ Was 102

Sterling Lord, who represented Jimmy Breslin, Art Buchwald, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gordon Parks and most famously, Jack Kerouac, died Saturday in Ocala, Fla. He was 102 and his death was confirmed …

, died Saturday in Ocala, Fla. He was 102 and his death was confirmed by his daughter, Rebecca Lord. No cause was given.

Lord was born in Burlington, Iowa, on Sept. 3, 1920. His father was an amateur bookbinder and nourished his son’s passion for books. Oddly, Lord himself publilshed only two works, a how-to on tennis and a memoir, neither of them massive sellers. Lord worked at several magazines, including True and Cosmopolitan, before becoming a literary agent. His tastes were eclectic, and he was known to bring in large advances for his roster.

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