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[RIP] Michael K. Williams, magnetic star of The Wire and Boardwalk Empire, dies at 54

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    Michael K. Williams, the actor known for his complex and compelling performances on shows such as The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and Lovecraft Country, has died at 54.

    A New York City Police Department spokesperson told EW that Williams was found dead around 2 p.m. inside his Brooklyn apartment. No further details were immediately available.

    Williams' death comes amid his most recent of five career Emmy nominations, for his performance in HBO's Lovecraft Country. He is considered to be one of the leading contenders in the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category this year. Elsewhere, he scored three nods for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (for Bessie, The Night Of, and When They See Us) and one for Outstanding Informational Series or Special (as an executive producer of Vice).

    Williams is perhaps most known for his role as the menacing yet charismatic stickup man Omar Little across all five seasons of HBO's beloved drama The Wire, which ran from 2002 to 2008.

    In addition to his work on television, Williams' big-screen credits included The Road, Inherent Vice, Gone Baby Gone, and 12 Years a Slave.

    Shortly after news of Williams' death broke, tributes poured in from across Hollywood. The actor's Wire costar Isiah Whitlock, Jr. tweeted that he was "shocked and saddened" by his colleague's death, calling him "one of the nicest brothers on the planet with the biggest heart."

    Wendell Pierce, who also starred on The Wire, tweeted that the "depth of [his] love" for Williams could only be matched by the "pain learning of his loss," before calling him an "immensely talented man with the ability to give voice to the human condition portraying the lives of those whose humanity is seldom elevated until he sings their truth."

    In a recent roundtable interview for Lovecraft Country, Williams told EW about his process of connecting his own past to the complexities of his character.

    "I'm familiar, as most adults are, [with] trauma that we have from our personal bad choices or bad situations, unfortunate things that happen to us," he said, referring to his character's mysterious past. "What I wasn't aware of was blunt trauma. I'm lucky I had this crew to get me through."

    https://ew.com/tv/michael-k-williams-dead-the-wire-actor-dies-54/?utm_source=facebook.com
     
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    Damn, they finally got Omar.

    RIP
     
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    Chalky?!
     
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    Sad. You'd think if anyone would know to stay away from heroin it'd be the guy that played Omar.

    eta: I wasn't meaning to be flippant, he had a life-long struggle with substance abuse. From everything I've read about him he was a truly amazing guy and touched a lot of people's lives. It's just sad.
     
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    wow.. everybody dying out here.
     
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    just found out about this, such sad sad news. one of my favorite actors
     
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    I didn’t know he struggled with drugs but I just can’t believe he’s gone. I just finished watching lovecraft country this weekend and now he’s no longer with us…RIP.
     
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    Here's an article with stories and remembrances from other actors and just regular people...he will be missed by many

    https://uproxx.com/tv/michael-k-williams-death-honoring-social-media/
     
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    RIP. Sucks
     
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    ah man he would have been a good portrayal of DMX.

    :(
     
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    Rest in Peace, outstanding actor with charismatic characters.

    Sad to hear, man.
     
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    This sucks. RIP
     
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    Sad Day
    I truly only heard good about him
    Didn't know his personal life much

    Amazing actor

    Heroin and Fentynol . .. . wtf is going on with these drugs these days
    I don't get how you even mess with them . .. . .

    Rocket River
     
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    It’s 100% about the black market. If you got it from a controlled setting most people would be ok. At least that is the understanding from what I have listened to and read before.
     
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    Omar was a fan favorite.
     
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    What are the "acceptable" levels for Heroin and Fentynol?????

    Rocket River
     
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    Well, if you mess with them once, on a lark, feeling indestructible for a night, or feeling really desperate for a night -- either way, you'll really want a second dose.
     
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    I believe none. Drug dealers are lacing other drugs with fentanyl because it doesn't require as much to get someone high and they can make more money. When they add too much fentanyl to their drugs then people start overdosing.
     
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