Los Angeles: A US judge has sentenced meth dealer Walter White to 12 years in prison, in a case of life mirroring art a few months after the end of cult TV show "Breaking Bad," local media reported.
The real-life Montana dealer - whose TV namesake died at the climax of "Breaking Bad" in September - was shot by his own son in an argument over a drug debt, according to the Billings Gazette.
On Monday, US District Judge Donald Molloy jailed White for 12.5 years for possessing and distributing meth and weapons charges, the newspaper reported.
White, 53 - one year older than the "Breaking Bad" anti-hero when he died - told the court he became a drug dealer after becoming addicted to meth. When he tried to avoid selling it, suppliers threatened him, the paper said.
"Breaking Bad," centered on chemistry teacher turned druglord Walter White played by Bryan Cranston, ended in September after its fifth and final season. It won best drama a week earlier at the Emmys, television's Oscars.
The real-life Montana dealer - whose TV namesake died at the climax of "Breaking Bad" in September - was shot by his own son in an argument over a drug debt, according to the Billings Gazette.
On Monday, US District Judge Donald Molloy jailed White for 12.5 years for possessing and distributing meth and weapons charges, the newspaper reported.
White, 53 - one year older than the "Breaking Bad" anti-hero when he died - told the court he became a drug dealer after becoming addicted to meth. When he tried to avoid selling it, suppliers threatened him, the paper said.
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"Breaking Bad," centered on chemistry teacher turned druglord Walter White played by Bryan Cranston, ended in September after its fifth and final season. It won best drama a week earlier at the Emmys, television's Oscars.
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