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Jim Carroll

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Profession
Autobiographer
Died
Sep 11, 2009
Zodiac
Leo
Born in
New York City NY
About
An American author, spoken-word poet and musician, he is best known for his autobiographical work, The Basketball Diaries. He published a second memoir, Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971-1973, in 1987.
Family
He was born into a working-class, Irish-American family. In 1963, he earned a scholarship to the prestigious Trinity School in New York City.

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