J. R. Smith (Earl Smith III, born 1985), NBA player currently with the New York Knicks
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Indicted on bank fraud charges with William Waugh and Earl Smith, who had earlier been involved in a failed attempt on the life of mobster Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin, authorities believed his death may have been in connection to the ongoing gang war with the McLaughlin Brothers and the Winter Hill Gang.
He formed the group Phuture with his friends Spanky (Earl Smith Jr. –founder/technical producer) and Herb J (Herbert R Jackson Jr. - keyboards).
He would meet with the prison chaplain, Reverend Earl Smith, who once played chess in the prison with Charles Manson.