Guy Fisher

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Guy Fisher is a former New York City drug dealer who once owned and operated the Apollo Theater in New York. Along with Nicky Barnes Fisher was one of the top 2 heroin dealers in New York City.[1] Fisher is currently serving a 25 year sentence in prison. He was put there in part by the testimony of Barnes who turned states evidence in order to avoid a sentence of life in prison

When Fisher purchased the Apollo Theater in 1977 it marked the first time the theater became owned by an African-American. [2] Fisher's life was the product of a 45 minute documentary entitled The Guy Fisher Story.[3]