Acclaimed New Jack City screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper has passed away. He was 66 years old. Per Variety, Cooper passed away on January 22, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland. Cooper's passing was ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above ...

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Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who worked on several classic New York films, has died at the age of 66. Cooper died Tuesday in Baltimore. His friend and fellow filmmaker Nelson George ...

The screenwriter behind the classic films “New Jack City,” "Sugar Hill," and "Above the Rim" died this week in Baltimore.

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Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66. 'Will never be another,' his son says.

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