Jim Carroll
August 01, 1949 – September 11, 2009
Place of Birth:
Manhattan, New York, United States
Place of Death:
Manhattan, New York, United States
James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries; the book inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.