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The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams found dead in NYC apartment
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Michael K. Williams, ‘The Wire’ Actor, Dies at 54
The 'Lovecraft Country' star and five-time Emmy nominee was found dead in his Brooklyn home on Monday, an NYPD rep told The Hollywood Reporter.
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Michael K. Williams, best known for his role in The Wire, has passed away, a rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 54.
“It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing of Emmy nominated actor Michael Kenneth Williams. They ask for your privacy while grieving this unsurmountable loss,” his long-time rep Marianna Shafran of Shafran PR confirmed with THR.
Michael K. Williams, 'The Wire' and 'Boardwalk Empire' Star, Dead at 54
Actor Michael K. Williams of 'The Wire' and 'Boardwalk Empire' fame, has died at age 54.
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Michael K. Williams, the actor who portrayed stick-up man-cum-antihero Omar Little in The Wire and racketeer Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire, died Monday inside his Brooklyn home at the age of 54. Williams’ rep confirmed the actor’s death to The Hollywood Reporter.
“It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing of Emmy-nominated actor Michael Kenneth Williams,” his rep Marianna Shafran said in a statement. “They ask for your privacy while grieving this unsurmountable loss.”
Prior to his acting career, the Brooklyn-born Williams became a dancer who worked with George Michael and Madonna, among others, before earning bit parts in The Sopranos, Law & Order and R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet. “People misconstrue when I say I was a dancer,” he told The Guardian in 2012. “I was not classically trained. I was a street dancer, and I got to do what I did in the nightclubs of New York City … I’m a kid from the streets of Brooklyn who got paid to travel the world.”
I JUST watched the scene in the wire where he was killed not 10 minutes ago. This is crazy. Rip omar
I don’t think he was gay. Well at least he never said that
Damn
RIP
RIP
Although it was a good show, I agree with all of this. Well made show, but I hated how everyone tried to make it out to be modern day Shakespeare. As if the black dysfunction was so poignant.
Is this common knowledge or rumor?
Damn RIP to the Brother. Thanks for sharing your talents with us
Latter. Dudes love gossiping.
Ok. I know he did say he caught that 150 at a club in manhatten back in the day sounded like one of them disco clubs.
Here he is as the Celebrity Grand Marshal at the 2016 Pride Festival in San Francisco. ( From his Wikipedia page )
Theres been non gay marshalls before
Fuckkkk! Wtf?
R.I P. ....was hoping this was false but nope
R.I P. ....was hoping this was false but nope
Just saw this, major shock may he RIP, sad it was due to drugs.
You sure hes gay?
RIP
I suspected the same as you.
Just a couple or several years ago on Chicago's west side, Heroin addicts were dropping dead like flies because
the drug dealers were cutting their dope with Fentanyl unaware of the lethal potency of an opiod 100 times stronger than morphine.
Damn ! This brother was one of my favorites who was making a name for himself as a solid journey man actor.
We've lost a very good actor who was an advocate for black people and our struggles.
R.I.P. Brother Mike Williams....
Real close to the anniversary of Chadwick's death too. Damn....
Damn. RIP
Damn!!! R.I.P. 
People need to stop fuckin wit them damn drugs man.
People need to stop fuckin wit them damn drugs man. 
Aww damn
Wtf
RIP, drugs ain't shit to play with
Wtf
RIP, drugs ain't shit to play with