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Apr 3, 2014 · Born September 9, 1930, in La Grange, North Carolina, Frank Lucas was a country boy who grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. As with many larger-than-life personalities, the biography of...
Dec 5, 2021 · In the 1960s, Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas made a fortune selling heroin — which he allegedly smuggled in the coffins of American servicemen.
Frank Lucas (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug lord who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia.
Jun 18, 2013 · Through photos and archival footage, The Biography Channel tells the story of Frank Lucas' life in five minutes or less, from his childhood in North Carolina to his position as a Harlem drug lord and his eventual takedown.
May 31, 2019 · May 31, 2019. As the Vietnam War raged in the late 1960s and early ′70s, a potent heroin called “Blue Magic” flooded into Harlem and Newark from a mysterious Southeast Asian connection. It...
Jun 1, 2019 · Frank Lucas, the notorious Harlem drug lord whose life inspired the 2007 film American Gangster, has died. Born in North Carolina in 1930, he moved to New York where he became a prolific heroin ...
Jun 1, 2019 · Frank Lucas, the notorious Harlem drug lord whose life inspired the 2007 film American Gangster, has died. Born in North Carolina in 1930, he moved to New York where he became a prolific heroin...
Jun 1, 2019 · Frank Lucas, the infamous drug kingpin whose life of crime inspired the movie “American Gangster,” died Thursday at the age of 88, according to his nephew, Aldwan Lassiter.
Jun 2, 2019 · Frank Lucas, the former heroin dealer and drug kingpin whose life became the subject of Ridley Scott’s 2007 film “American Gangster,” died Thursday. He was 88.
Jun 1, 2019 · Frank Lucas, the former Harlem drug kingpin whose life and lore inspired the 2007 movie "American Gangster," has died, a relative said Friday. Lucas, who was 88, died Thursday in...
