https://news.yahoo.com/frank-lucas-american-gangster-drug-175453095.html

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — American Gangster

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ITTY — 6 years ago(May 31, 2019 09:52 PM)

https://news.yahoo.com/frank-lucas-american-gangster-drug-175453095.html
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
Rolling Stone
, adding that Lucas died of natural causes.
Lucas, the “Original Gangster” who was known to confabulate his own criminal legacy, is credited as the architect behind the infamous “Golden Triangle” gambit of the early 1970s where he claimed to have imported heroin from Southeast Asia in the coffins of U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam.

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DENZEL AND RIDLEY REALLY APPLIED A GLOSSY LOVABLE REPUTATION TO A MAN WHO DID NOT HAVE ONE.
“I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.”

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NZer — 6 years ago(May 31, 2019 10:15 PM)

The age of miracles isn't over! That this guy managed to die of natural causes at such an old age is nothing less than miraculous.
Great movie btw! Denzel and Russell had nice chemistry.