Avon Barksdale facts
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Avon Barksdale from "The Wire" was inspired by Melvin Williams. Melvin Williams went onto play the Deacon in "The Wire."
Nathan Barksdale, the inspiration for The Wire's "Avon Barksdale", was shot six times in an assassination attempt. While recovering in the hospital, the same assassins came to his room and shot him in the forehead and the mouth. Again, he survived.
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The actor who played The Deacon on The Wire, is actually Melvin Williams, the drug kingpin that Avon Barksdale is based on.
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The character Avon Barksdale from the TV show The Wire is real
