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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.
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- September 9, 1930, La Grange, North Carolina, U.S.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Who Was Frank Lucas? Born September 9, 1930, in La Grange, North Carolina, Frank Lucas moved to Harlem in 1946 where he entered the world of street crime. By the 1960s, he had constructed...
Dec 5, 2021 · Updated March 12, 2024. The Harlem kingpin who inspired "American Gangster," Frank Lucas began importing and distributing "Blue Magic" heroin in the late 1960s — and made a fortune. It’s no wonder why Ridley Scott made American Gangster, a movie based on the life of Harlem heroin kingpin Frank “Superfly” Lucas.
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May 31, 2019 · Frank Lucas, who became one of America’s most notorious gangsters in the 1960s and ’70s when he began selling a potent heroin on the streets of Harlem and Newark, in 2007. Jim Cooper ...
May 31, 2019 · Frank Lucas, the Harlem drug kingpin immortalized in Ridley Scott’s 2007 crime film American Gangster, died Thursday at the age of 88. Lucas’ nephew Aldwan Lassiter confirmed his death to...
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Jun 1, 2019 · 1 June 2019. Getty Images. 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...
Jun 1, 2019 · By JENNIFER PELTZ. Updated 7:58 PM PDT, May 31, 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.
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