NEW YORK - The former Harlem drug kingpin whose life became the basis for the 2007 movie “American Gangster” has died. Frank Lucas was 88. His nephew Aldwan Lassiter says Lucas died Thursday in New Jersey, where he’d lived for years. Lucas became a major heroin dealer before being convicted in 1975 and sentenced to decades in prison. His story inspired the Ridley Scott-directed “American Gangster,” which starred Denzel Washington as Lucas.

Source: thestar June 01, 2019 01:52 UTC