Guy Fisher
Guy Thomas Fisher (born July 21, 1947) is an American former drug trafficker who was identified in federal prosecutions as a member of The Council, a Harlem heroin consortium led by Leroy "Nicky" Barnes. In 1984 he was convicted of operating a continuing criminal enterprise and related racketeering offenses and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. During his incarceration Fisher completed multiple academic degrees, culminating in a Ph.D. in sociology, and mentored other inmates. In October 2020 the Southern District of New York granted him compassionate release, reducing his sentence to time served.
Fisher is also widely reported to have acquired and reopened the Apollo Theater in 1978; the theater’s official history instead refers to a brief reopening under “new management” before its 1981 purchase by Percy Sutton.
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