Basketball Diaries' author Jim Carroll dies at 60

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edited September 2009 in The Porch
Poet and punk rocker Jim Carroll has died at age 60. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Poet, punk rocker and author Jim Carroll performs at a 2002 benefit in New York.

Poet, punk rocker and author Jim Carroll performs at a 2002 benefit in New York.

A respected poet and musician, Carroll also was the author of "The Basketball Diaries," which was adapted into a 1995 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Carroll died Friday at his home in Manhattan after suffering a heart attack, said his former wife, Rosemary Carroll.

In 1980, he released the popular album "Catholic Boy," which, according to his fan Web site, expressed the "omb-fear anticipation, the optimistic nihilism and glittering darkness of the 1980s."

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/0 ... index.html
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  • Snoopy Died For Our Sins
    Snoopy Died For Our Sins Posts: 2,608
    I really liked Jim...met him after his spoken word at First Avenue in Minneapolis..a GREAT storyteller!

    I'll miss his presence, but admire him through his work

    RIP Jim!!!!
    "No way to save someone who won't take the rope,and just lets go..."
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    viewtopic.php?f=4&t=110215&start=0&hilit=jim+carroll
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

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  • crazygeo
    crazygeo Posts: 2,380
    People Who Died..
    wow one of my favorite underground songs!!!
    • 1991-11-17• 1998-08-28 •2000-09-01
    • 2003-07-05• 2004-10-01
    • 2005-10-03• 2006-05-27
    • 2008-06-19• 2009-10-27 2009-10-28 •2009-10-30
    • 2009-10-31

    *Tres Mts 2011-03-23
    *Eddie Vedder 2011-06-25
    - 2013-10-21
    - 2013=10-22
    -2016 -04-28
    -2016 -04-29
  • crazygeo
    crazygeo Posts: 2,380
    PJ should cover this tune
    People who died!!
    • 1991-11-17• 1998-08-28 •2000-09-01
    • 2003-07-05• 2004-10-01
    • 2005-10-03• 2006-05-27
    • 2008-06-19• 2009-10-27 2009-10-28 •2009-10-30
    • 2009-10-31

    *Tres Mts 2011-03-23
    *Eddie Vedder 2011-06-25
    - 2013-10-21
    - 2013=10-22
    -2016 -04-28
    -2016 -04-29

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