Frank Lucas Dies at 88; Drug Kingpin Depicted in ‘American Gangster’

As the Vietnam War raged in the late 1960s and early ′70s, a potent heroin called “Blue Magic” flooded into Harlem and Newark from a mysterious Southeast Asian connection. It destroyed lives, and it turned a black gangster named Frank Lucas into one of America’s most notorious drug kingpins.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/obituaries/frank-lucas-dead.html
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