 As in the movie, three men shot Seal to death as he sat outside a Salvation Army in Baton Rouge in his White Cadillac. He died on February 19th, 1986, and three Colombian men were convicted of his murder. Even if some of the specifics vary, the film is true to two essential elements of Seal's story. One, he made a hell of a lot of money. Estim's range from $50 million to $5 billion. In any case, it all seems to have disappeared. Secondly, Seal was a man caught between a rock and a hard place. As his brother Wendell said, he had become entangled in so many relationships, it was hard to tell who were the good guys and who were the bad guys.