L.D. Groban

Lee D. Groban (1947 - December 9, 2011) was an American poet and artist.

Life
Groban grew up on the south side of Chicago, where he attended Bowen High School. He received a B.A. in Russian from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1970, and an M.A. in library science from Northern Illinois University in 1972.

He worked as an actor, an author, and a painter.

He is best known for the 4,080-page poem, "The Cure for Insomnia". The poem, which was his life's work, is featured in the the eponymous movie, an 85-hour film which was was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the longest film ever made.