Drug kingpin who inspired ‘The Wire’ characters dies in prison
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BALTIMORE — A Baltimore drug kingpin who inspired characters on HBO’s “The Wire” has died while serving a term in federal prison in North Carolina.
Baltimore Health Department spokesman Sean Naron confirmed on Tuesday that 54-year-old Nathan Barksdale died in a medical prison in Butner. Naron did not know exactly when Barksdale died, or how. The death was first reported in The Baltimore Sun.
Barksdale ran a heroin-dealing operation in Baltimore in the 1980s, and served 15 years in state prison on a battery charge. “The Wire” creator David Simon has said Barksdale served as inspiration for aspects of some of the show’s characters.
In recent years, Barksdale worked with Safe Streets, an anti-violence program run by the Health Department.
In 2014, however, he pleaded guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy and was sentenced to four years.
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore drug kingpin who inspired characters on HBO’s “The Wire” has died while serving a term in federal prison in North Carolina.
Baltimore Health Department spokesman Sean Naron confirmed on Tuesday that 54-year-old Nathan Barksdale died in a medical prison in Butner. Naron did not know exactly when Barksdale died, or how. The death was first reported in The Baltimore Sun.
Barksdale ran a heroin-dealing operation in Baltimore in the 1980s, and served 15 years in state prison on a battery charge. “The Wire” creator David Simon has said Barksdale served as inspiration for aspects of some of the show’s characters.
In recent years, Barksdale worked with Safe Streets, an anti-violence program run by the Health Department.
In 2014, however, he pleaded guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy and was sentenced to four years.
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Can work with safe and all these programs as much as you want doesn't change the fact you contributed to the destruction of those communities
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Wow
Nobody til somebody kills you -
The_Jackal wrote: »Can work with safe and all these programs as much as you want doesn't change the fact you contributed to the destruction of those communities
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The_Jackal wrote: »Can work with safe and all these programs as much as you want doesn't change the fact you contributed to the destruction of those communities
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Trillaaaaaa wrote: »The_Jackal wrote: »Can work with safe and all these programs as much as you want doesn't change the fact you contributed to the destruction of those communities
? ...drugs sell themselves
So the ? cooked itself on the stove, bagged itself up, and then marketed itself to crackheads. That's how stupid you sound -
He could havec saved us a lot more trouble by dying much sooner
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No RIP post?
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Busta Carmichael wrote: »
yo i remember that; it was terrible -
This is the preview for his documentary that came out a few years back....check it out....dude story is off the chain...whats even more crazy his real name was avon barksdale but his street name was bodie...he was also in a episode on the wire in season 3,when bunny colvin was talking to the mid level dealers b4 hamsterdam jumped off....
also the black deacon from the wire just died, melvin williams passed away in dec 2015...here a link to his book...http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1450772706?ref=olp_product_details
The Avon Barksdale Story: Legends of the Unwired Reel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfJImV-Xrko
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it's not really that crazy as Simon has said they randomly grabbed namesb1grobtheking wrote: »...whats even more crazy his real name was avon barksdale but his street name was bodie...
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The_Jackal wrote: »Can work with safe and all these programs as much as you want doesn't change the fact you contributed to the destruction of those communities
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-1ob0saio
