Jim Carroll
James Dennis Carroll 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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- Born in
- Manhattan
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityWagner CollegeTrinity School
- Awards
- 🏆 James Parks Morton Interfaith Award
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1949
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Birth2009
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