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Lloyd Fernandez Avery II (June 21, 1969 – September 4, 2005) was an American actor. He appeared in John Singleton's Oscar-nominated film Boyz n the Hood (1991) as one of the Bloods who murdered high school football star Ricky Baker (played by Morris Chestnut) and was later killed in retaliation. In 2005, Avery was convicted of double homicide, and later killed in prison by his cellmate.[1]

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Lloyd Avery II
Born	June 21, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	September 4, 2005(2005-09-04) (aged 36) Crescent City, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–2001

Early life

Born in Los Angeles, California, Avery grew up in View Park where he attended Beverly Hills High School. Avery was of African and Mexican descent. ^{[citation needed]}

Career

Shortly after Avery's film debut in Boyz n the Hood, Singleton would cast Avery once again in his next film, Poetic Justice (1993).

Avery re-emerged in 2000 starring as Nate in the film Lockdown and as G-Ride in the 2001 independent film Shot.

Arrest and death

In 2001, soon after wrapping Shot, Avery was arrested and charged with a double homicide for shooting two random people, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.[2] He was murdered on September 4, 2005 in Crescent City, California at the age of 36, after the brutality and strangulation from his Pelican Bay State Prison cellmate Kevin Roby as part of a Satanic ritual "intended as a warning to God."[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Boyz n the Hood	Knucklehead #2
1993	Poetic Justice	Thug #1
1996	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Guy in Back Seat	uncredited role
1999	The Breaks	Man in Jail	uncredited role
2000	Lockdown	Nate
2001	Shot	G-Ride

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Red	Episode: "Dangerous Reunions"

References

External links

• Lloyd Avery II at IMDb
• Lloyd Avery II at Find A Grave

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