Jim Carroll

Born: 1949-08-01 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2009-09-11

James Dennis 'Jim' Carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, actor and punk musician. He was the author of “The Basketball Diaries,” a cult-classic memoir of his drug-fueled misadventures as a teenager in the 1960s. Then he became a celebrated downtown poet; and then in 1980, the star of his own hit rock band. With the help of the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, Carroll signed a record deal and in 1980 the band released its first album, 'Catholic Boy. He appeared in two feature films and a couple of documentaries.