His wife was killed in a car accident, prompting the theory that he was in depression over her. For example, woodie’s friend, carlos “blackbird” ramirez, was shot to death by local police, another close friend, gabriel “snoop” robinson, was locked up in folsom prison for a crime. Ryan woodie wood, a popular northern california norteno rapper, died wednesday, march 7,2007.

Understanding the Context

It seems impossible to find any official source of information his death.