Jim Carroll (US writer, poet and and punk musician)

James Dennis Carroll

Sort Name: Carroll, Jim
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Type: Person
Gender: Male

Date of birth: 1949-08-01
Place of birth: New York

Date of death: 2009-09-11
Place of death: New York

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James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band.

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