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Iceberg Slim

AKA Robert Lee Maupin

Born: 4-Aug-1918
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 28-Apr-1992
Location of death: Culver City, CA
Cause of death: Liver Failure
Remains: Cremated, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Criminal, Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Pimp-turned-author

Wife: Diane Millman Beck (m. 1982)
Daughter: Camille Mary Beck
Daughter: Melody
Daughter: Misty Beck

    University: Tuskegee Institute (dropped out)

    Inmate: Cook County, IL Jail (1960)
    Inmate: Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
    Risk Factors: Cocaine, Heroin

Is the subject of books:
Iceberg Slim: The Life as Art, 2003, BY: Peter A. Muckley, DETAILS: (biography)

Author of books:
Trick Baby: The Story of a White Negro (1967, novel)
Pimp: The Story of My Life (1969, memoir)
Mama Black Widow: A Story of the Something Black Underworld (1969, novel)
The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim (1971, memoir)
Death Wish: A Story of the Mafia (1977, novel)
Long White Con (1977, novel)
Airtight Willie & Me (1979, short stories)



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