Frank Lucas, the former Harlem drug kingpin whose life and lore inspired the 2007 movie "American Gangster," has died, a relative said Friday. Lucas, who was 88, died Thursday in New Jersey ...

ROME FLYNN: Frank Lucas is probably one of the most well-known American gangsters. When you see him enter the world of Godfather of Harlem, he is young Frank Lucas but there’s a lineage from ...

Frank Lucas, the legendary drug kingpin and inspiration for Ridley Scott’s 2007 true crime film “American Gangster,” has died.He died of natural causes at the age of 88, his nephew Aldwan ...

Frank Lucas, the man who inspired movie American Gangster is reportedly dead. Pic credit: Korey Rowe/YouTube. Infamous drug dealer Frank Lucas has reportedly died at age 88.

Frank Lucas, the legendary drug kingpin and inspiration for Ridley Scott’s 2007 true crime film “American Gangster,” has died. He died of natural causes at the age of 88, his nephew Aldwan ...

Frank Lucas was 88. His nephew Aldwan Lassiter confirms Lucas died Thursday, May 30, 2019 in New Jersey, where he had lived for years. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File) ...

Frank Lucas, the former Harlem drug kingpin whose life and lore inspired the 2007 movie "American Gangster," has died, a relative said Friday.

Frank Lucas was 88 and died while being transported to a New Jersey hospital. Lucas and his wife, Julianna Farrait-Rodriguez, were once referred to as the black Bonnie & Clyde for their close ...

Former heroin dealer, Frank Lucas, speaks in the session of “Redefining the American Gangster” at Rosemont Hotel in Rosemont, Ill., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.

Jerry McCrea/The Star Ledger Frank Lucas, the one-time Harlem drug kingpin who was the basis of the movie "American Gangster," appears in a Newark courtroom in this 2011 file photo. Lucas was ...

Jim Cooper/AP Frank Lucas, the man that Denzel Washington portrayed in the movie "American Gangster," is shown in New York in this file photo from Nov. 2, 2007.