Facts: - draft round: 5 - draft pick: 104 - career end: 1983 - number: 12 - height in: 5 - team: los angeles lakers - birth date: 22 june 1956 - draft team: los angeles lakers - weight lb: 210 - caption: terry as a member of the washington bullets - draft year: 1978 - death date: 12 march 1989 - college: winston-salem state university - name: carlos terry - birth place: lexington , north carolina - position: shooting guard - career start: october 18 , 1980 - nationality: american - years: 1980 start -- 1982 end - height ft: 6 - image: file : professional_basketball_player_carlos_terry . jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of carlos terry .
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carlos fernando terry -lrb- june 22 , 1956 -- march 12 , 1989 -rrb- was an american professional basketball shooting guard who spent three seasons in the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- with the washington bullets from the 1980 -- 81 season to 1982 -- 83 .terry attended winston-salem state university where he was drafted by the los angeles lakers in the fifth round -lrb- 104 pick overall -rrb- during the 1978 nba draft , but was waived before playing in a game .two years later he signed with the bullets .after his playing career was abruptly done , terry 's life was never the same .alcoholism and drugs took over ; in fact , in january 1989 , terry was convicted of cocaine distribution .just two months later , at the age of 32 , he was killed in a high-speed car crash on the capital beltway in prince george 's county , maryland .police said that terry had been drinking and was speeding .