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Sep 29, 1936 Wisconsin, United States Died on 23 Aug 2012 (aged 75)
American writer
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About James Fogle
- James Fogle (September 29, 1936 – August 23, 2012) was the American author of the autobiographical novel Drugstore Cowboy, which became the basis for the film of the same title.
- He was born in Elcho, Wisconsin. Fogle was in prison at the time of the film's release in 1989.
- A career criminal with a sixth-grade education, Fogle had been in trouble with the law many times starting in his teens and throughout the rest of his life.
- On May 27, 2010, Fogle was arrested with another man for robbing a drugstore in Redmond, Washington.
- He was held on $500,000 bail as he awaited trial. Fogle was arrested again for robbing a Seattle pharmacy in 2011.
- On Friday, March 4, 2011, he was sentenced to 15 years and nine months in prison.
- On August 23, 2012, Fogle died of mesothelioma at the age of 75 in the state Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Washington.
- Though Fogle wrote many short stories and novels, the only one that has been published is Drugstore Cowboy with the rest in the possession of Daniel Yost, a screenwriter and Fogle's friend.
