[2] Hans A. Ostrom and J. David Macey, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (2005).
Father: William Beck (stepfather)
Mother: Mary Brown Beck (d. ovarian cancer)
Wife: Betty Mae Shue (white)
Daughter: Camille Mary Beck (b. 10-Sep-1964, d. 9-Jan-2010)
Daughter: Melody Beck
Daughter: Bellisa Misty Beck (b. 1970)
Wife: Diane Millman Beck (m. 1982)
High School: Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, IL
University: Tuskegee Institute (dropped out)
Expelled from School
Grand Theft
Solicitation
Mann Act Violation
Inmate: Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary inmate 61956 (1944)
Armed Robbery
Waupun State Prison
Escaped from Prison
Inmate: Cook County, IL Jail 1959-60
Changed Name to Robert Maupin Beck (1960)
Risk Factors: Cocaine, Heroin, Smoking, Diabetes
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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