# This is someone who died, died \[Jim Carroll\]
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 14, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000 "2009-09-14T03:57:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/1 "2009-09-14T03:57:52Z")
[Jim Carroll](http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSB57184120090914), author of _The Basketball Diaries_, and of course writer of the song.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/2 "2009-09-14T05:02:01Z")
Sounds like a good Deathpool for someone, maybe.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/3 "2009-09-14T06:30:53Z")
Crap. I guess he’s no longer my favorite _living_ poet ☹
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### Author:  [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/4 "2009-09-14T06:49:33Z")
I have fond memories of spending several years finally understanding what I’d read in _The Basketball Diaries_ when I was 10 years old and left alone with my precocity and my aunt’s bookshelf.
He will be missed.
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/5 "2009-09-14T06:54:35Z")
That just seems weird. I don’t know why, but it does. I liked The Basketball Diaries a lot, and he made some good music (esp. the song referenced in the title of this thread.)
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/6 "2009-09-14T12:41:25Z")
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I saw his band in 1980 right after Catholic Boy came out, they did a very good show in a small club. At the time I did not know about Basketball Diaries but I read it soon after that.
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/7 "2009-09-14T12:53:57Z")
(I’ve merged two threads on the same topic, and edited the name.)
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/8 "2009-09-14T13:00:07Z")
Loved that song and album.
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### Author:  [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/9 "2009-09-14T13:36:52Z")
Too bad. I’m going to put “Catholic Boy” in the CD player and shoot dome heroin in tribute. OK, maybe just the CD…
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/10 "2009-09-14T13:58:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Loved that song and album.
Me, too - I was just playing it in the car the other day and my kids looked at like I was nuts. Very cool.
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### Author:  [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/11 "2009-09-14T14:31:42Z")
He lived a lot longer than I would have expected. But to reach 60, was it? That was a fair run.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/12 "2009-09-14T15:07:45Z")
Now it’s _really_ too late to fall in love with Sharon Tate.
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/13 "2009-09-14T15:21:52Z")
> [@salinqmind](#):
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> He lived a lot longer than I would have expected. But to reach 60, was it? That was a fair run.
Yeah, if half of Basketball Diaries was true then this guy had like 40 years of bonus time. Not bad. I wonder if drugs were ultimately related to his death.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-someone-who-died-died-jim-carroll/510000/14 "2009-09-14T17:52:12Z")
RIP JC. I recommend **Forced Entries** , his 2nd novel, for a glimpse into his life as he became an adult.