Author and producer Barry Michael Cooper died in Baltimore, Maryland … TMZ has learned.
Cooper co-wrote a number of iconic 1990s films, including New Jack City Wesley Snipes And Chris Rock … “Above The Rim” with the lead role Tupac Shakur … and “Sugar Hill”. He also produced the TV series “She's Gotta Have It” (2017-2019), based on the Spike Lee film of the same name.
He began his career as a journalist and wrote for Spin Magazine and Village Voice, among others.
Cooper had just posted Instagram celebrate on January 15th Martin Luther King Jr.Birthday.
The Maryland Chief Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Cooper died Tuesday.
He was 66.
REST IN PEACE