Billy Baker’s death in season 5 shocked fans of all american. Few would have predicted that Baker would die so suddenly. Taye Diggs, who plays Baker, said tv line who initiated the idea of Baker’s death after feeling ready to leave the series.
“It was just a feeling I had [that I was ready to leave] and I just honored that sentiment,” Diggs said. “Maybe it was in the middle of season four. She [showrunner Nkechi Carroll] I knew it, and we had been talking. And we decided how to do it, and the stories and all that, so that everything was in order.
Billy Baker was based on Spencer Paysinger’s uncle, Carter Paysinger, who is still alive.
all american is based on the real life of Spencer Paysinger. Billy Barker’s character vaguely mirrors Spencer’s Uncle Carter, who is still alive. In 2019, Spencer told her tv guide that Carter was his football coach at Beverly Hills High. Spencer described her relationship with Carter:
“At that age, he was essentially a father figure to me. We still have a very close relationship to this day. Being at Beverly and having someone watch my back kept me on my toes and taught me not to feel comfortable in this environment. I wouldn’t trade that for the world.”
In his 2014 memoirs where does a man stop, Carter described his enrollment in Beverly Hills High School as “the most important day of my life.” He writes:
“Where I lived, in South Central Los Angeles, we had low-rise houses, chain-link fences, and lots of giant billboards. But as we drove through Santa Monica, those houses gave way to spacious houses, stately gardens, and men with rakes and hoses tending the sidewalks.”
After graduation, Carter earned a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from California State University. He returned to Beverly Hills High School in 1979 as the football and baseball coach. Carter gradually rose through the ranks to Director of the institution.
Carter’s bio on his website indicates that he also worked in the real estate business for 30 years and had a brief and successful stint in the insurance industry. The biography continues:
“Carter is currently the president of the Southern Chapter of the California Interscholastic Federation. The CIF is the governing body that oversees all athletics in the State of California.”
In 2014, Carter sued the school district where he had worked for decades for workplace retaliation, winning a $685,000 settlement. Unsurprisingly, his bid for a seat on the school board fell through. Carter’s attempt to become the city’s first elected black leader failed by 87 votes.
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