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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.
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 was known for building a successful heroin empire in the late 1960s.
Nov 2, 2007 · American Gangster: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin. An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
The film is loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Jun 18, 2013 · Meet the real Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts behind the American Gangster true story. See pictures of Frank Lucas and his wife Julie as you discover the true story behind American Gangster, the movie starring Denzel Washington.
Apr 3, 2014 · In 2007, Hollywood once again paid Lucas a visit, with the biopic American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington, which depicted his life of crime. Wife and Daughter Lucas' wife was former...
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 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 1, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — 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 New Jersey, nephew Aldwan Lassiter said.
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. Lucas’ nephew, Aldwan Lassiter,...
