Jim Carroll dies of apparent heart attack

Punk rock poet Jim Carroll died of a heart attack Friday (9/11) at his home in Manhattan, according to The New York Times. Carroll, who is best known in the music world for his cult hit "People Who Died," was 60. Years before launching a musical career, Carroll's poetry inspired many to tout him as a powerful voice of his generation--in the vein of Allen Ginsberg, Ted Berrigan, Bob Dylan and Jack Kerouac. His best-known work, "The Basketball Diaries," chronicled his young life as a teenage ba...

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