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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ Writer, Dies at 66
The production represented a career change for Cooper, who had been working as an investigative reporter at The Village Voice beforehand — a tenure that produced the 1989 cover story “Kids Killing ...
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Influential screenwriter and music journalist Barry Michael Cooper died last month at age 66, and there’s no better way to ...
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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ Writer, Dies at 66
who had been working as an investigative reporter at The Village Voice beforehand — a tenure that produced the 1989 cover story “Kids Killing Kids: New Jack City Eats Its Young,” about the ...
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New Jack City writer Barry Michael Cooper dead at 66
Writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper has died in Baltimore, Maryland. Cooper wrote a series of iconic 1990s movies, including New Jack City, starring Wesley Snipes and Chris Rock, Above The ...
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‘New Jack City' and ‘Above the Rim' Legend Dies: Barry Michael Cooper Was 66
Barry Michael Cooper, a screenwriter best known for his work in New Jack City and Above the Rim, died on Wednesday, Jan. 22. He was 66. According to Variety, Cooper's death was confirmed by a ...