Jim Carroll: R.I.P. By Jason Diamond On September 14, 2009 · Add Comment · In Lit., music “Jim Carroll, the punk rocker who spun engrossing tales of his crazy youth into “The Basketball Diaries,” died Friday in Manhattan, according to The New York Times. He was 60 and the cause of death was a heart attack.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBbuPnfG0Vo&hl=en&fs=1&] Tagged with → dead • Jim Carroll • punk poets
