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mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 06:11 PM
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Jim Carroll has passed.
Poet and punk rocker Jim Carroll has died at age 60. Funeral arrangements are pending.

A respected poet and musician, Carroll also was the author of "The Basketball Diaries," which was adapted into a 1995 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Carroll died Friday at his home in Manhattan after suffering a heart attack, said his former wife, Rosemary Carroll.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/14/jim.carroll.obit/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bOjc70f4p8
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-14-09 09:47 PM
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1. Kick for Jim.
This passing affects me a lot more than Patrick Swayze's. Not to diss PS - but wow. Jim Carroll. :cry:
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:02 AM
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2. .
RIP.
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 08:09 AM
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3. For Jim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBbuPnfG0Vo
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 11:35 AM
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4. may he rest in peace.
that was one of the saddest movies I ever saw.
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brendan120678 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-15-09 11:55 AM
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5. I played "People who Died" in his memory...
a few times yesterday.

I love that song.
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