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Soon his work was being published in elite literary magazines like Paris Review in 1968, [2] and Poetry the following year. In fall 1963, he entered Rice High School in Harlem, but was soon awarded a scholarship to the elite Trinity School. His funeral mass was held at Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church on Carmine Street in Greenwich Village.

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Carroll's first publication by a mainstream publisher (Grossman Publishers), the poetry collection Living at the Movies, was published in 1973. At first, he was writing film dialogue and inventing character names; later on, Carroll worked as the co-manager of Warhol's Theater.citation needed] The first known use of "People Who Died" in film was in Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E. Carroll was born to a working-class family of Irish descent, and grew up in New York City's Lower East Side.

James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) [1] was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician.

In 1970, his second collection of poems, 4 Ups and 1 Down was published, and he started working for Andy Warhol. Starting in 1991, Carroll performed readings from his then-in-progress first novel, The Petting Zoo.

They changed their name to The Jim Carroll Band and were able to secure a recording contract with Atlantic Records with the support of the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards. Already attracting the attention of the local literati, his work began appearing in the Poetry Project's magazine The World in 1967. citation needed] The song also was covered by the super group Hollywood Vampires on their album Rise with vocals by Johnny Depp. The musicians were Steve Linsley (bass), Wayne Woods (drums - he had previously been in hard rock band, Estus), Brian Linsley and Terrell Winn (guitars).

It was also used in the 1985 Kim Richards film Tuff Turf starring James Spader and Robert Downey Jr. He financed his drug habit by engaging in prostitution in the vicinity of 53rd Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan. In 1987, Carroll wrote a second memoir, Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971–1973, continuing his autobiography into his early adulthood in the New York City music and art scene as well as his struggle to kick his drug habit. Carroll identified Rainer Maria Rilke, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, [6] Allen Ginsberg, and William S. In 1978, after he moved to California to get a fresh start since overcoming his heroin addiction, Carroll formed Amsterdam, a new wave/ punk rock group, with encouragement from Patti Smith, with whom he once shared an apartment in New York City, along with Robert Mapplethorpe.

citation needed] Carroll also collaborated with musicians Lou Reed, Blue Öyster Cult, Boz Scaggs, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, Pearl Jam, Electric Light Orchestra and Rancid. People Who Died" was most recently used in the 2021 film The Suicide Squad, directed by James Gunn, and the end credits of the Season 4 The Marvelous Mrs. In 1995, Canadian filmmaker John L'Ecuyer adapted "Curtis's Charm", a short story from Carroll's 1993 book Fear of Dreaming, into the film Curtis's Charm. He performed a spoken word piece with the Patti Smith Group in San Diego when the support band dropped out at the last moment.They released a single, "People Who Died", taken from their 1980 debut album Catholic Boy, originally intended to be released on Rolling Stones Records.