Barnes had entered the witness protection program and died in 2012 aged 78 – or possibly 79 – according to the New York Times
Nicky Barnes, an ostentatious New York City drug lord who was played by Cuba Gooding Jr in the Ridley Scott film American Gangster, is dead.
Related: Frank Lucas, the drug lord who inspired American Gangster, dies aged 88
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