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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ Screenwriter, Dies at 66

After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in Hollywood.

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Barry Michael Cooper, A Hip-Hop Storytelling Legend, Taken Too Soon At 66

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind "New Jack City" and pioneering investigative journalist, died Tuesday in Baltimore at age 66.

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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill’ and ‘Above the Rim’ Writer, Dies at 66

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

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Barry Michael Cooper Captured the Zeitgeist – the Best and the Worst

The Village Voice obituary of writer Barry Michael Cooper, dead at age 66, notes the powerful stories he wrote for the paper in the 1980s.

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Lakers fall to Spurs in 1st game back after wildfire postponements

Victor Wembanyama had 23 points and eight rebounds, Harrison Barnes scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Lakers 126-102 on Monday night in Los Angeles' ...

Iconic screenwriter, journalist dead at 66: ‘He helped define pop culture in the ‘80s and ‘90s’

The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.

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