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   Leroy Nicholas Barnes (October 15, 1933 – June 18, 2012) was an American crime boss, active in New York City during the 1970s. In 1972, Barnes formed The Council, a seven-man African-American organized crime syndicate that controlled a significant part of the heroin trade in the Harlem area of New York City. [1]

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2019/06/08 › nyregionNicky Barnes, ‘Mr. Untouchable’ of Heroin Dealers, Is Dead at 78

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   Jun 8, 2019 · Nicky Barnes, ‘Mr. Untouchable’ of Heroin Dealers, Is Dead at 78 - The New York Times. 171. Nicky Barnes outside the United States Court House in Lower Manhattan in 1977. He was convicted...

4. www.biography.com › crime-figure › nicky-barnesNick Barnes - Quotes, Wife & Death - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Updated: Jun 1, 2020. (1933-) Who Was Nicky Barnes? Called Mr. Untouchable, Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes became one of the most infamous drug dealers in New York during the 1970s. He helped found a...

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6. www.ajc.com › news › family-confirms-death-nickyNicky Barnes, 78, flamboyant heroin kingpin who taunted ...

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   Dec 24, 2019 · Family confirms death of Nicky Barnes, flamboyant drug kingpin who taunted authorities. Because he was under federal protection, Barnes’ death was never reported. By Sam Roberts. Dec 24, 2019....

7. allthatsinteresting.com › leroy-nicky-barnes-mrLeroy Nicky Barnes: The True Story Of 'Mr. Untouchable'

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   Jun 10, 2019 · Barnes’ criminal enterprise wasn’t just stunningly profitable, but highly deadly. Leroy “Nicky” Barnes ran a tight, murderous ship and it gave him a supreme cockiness captured by his nickname, “Mr. Untouchable.” He simply felt that he could not be caught. Evidence against him was routinely “lost.”

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8. nymag.com › guides › moneyA Conversation Between Frank Lucas and Nicky Barnes - Money ...

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   Oct 29, 2007 · During the Harlem heroin plague of the seventies, few dealers were bigger than Frank Lucas and Leroy “Nicky” Barnes. Both made millions selling dope, lived the wide-brimmed-hat high life,...

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   Who was Nicky Barnes?

   • Nicky Barnes outside the United States Court House in Lower Manhattan in 1977. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. But by the early 1980s he had begun testifying against his former associates, leading to his release from prison into the federal witness protection program. Tyrone Dukes/The New York Times

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   What happened to Nicky Barnes in American Gangster?

   • Nicky Barnes, an ostentatious New York City drug lord who was played by Cuba Gooding Jr in the Ridley Scott film American Gangster, is dead. According to the New York Times, Barnes died aged 78 – or possibly 79 – in 2012. The news was not known until now, the newspaper said, because Barnes had entered the federal witness protection program.

   Nicky Barnes, New York drug lord known as Mr Untouchable, dead at 78

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   Is Nicky Barnes still alive?

   • But now it can be said that Nicky Barnes is definitely not around anymore, in any form. This week, one of his daughters and a former prosecutor, both speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that Mr. Barnes had died of cancer in 2012. He was 78, or possibly 79.

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   How did Nicky Barnes die?

   • Last week, however, his long, tumultuous story came to an end. According to one of his daughters and a prosecutor in the know, Barnes died of cancer in 2012 at the age of 78 or 79 — a fact only confirmed now due to his secret life as a witness following a long and violent life of crime. “Nicky Barnes is not around anymore,” said Barnes in 2007.

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10. www.theguardian.com › us-news › 2019Nicky Barnes, New York drug lord known as Mr Untouchable ...

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    Jun 9, 2019 · Nicky Barnes, an ostentatious New York City drug lord who was played by Cuba Gooding Jr in the Ridley Scott film American Gangster, is dead. Frank Lucas, the drug lord who inspired American...