Michael K. Williams 1966-2021

[Youth N Asia]

‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams found dead in NYC apartment

“The Wire’’ actor Michael K. Williams was found dead of a suspected drug overdose in his Brooklyn penthouse Monday afternoon, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

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this hurts. Guy was great in everything.

 

[Epic Springs]

WTF? Amazing actor in everything. I was always waiting for that one starring role that would put him over the top but it never came along. RIP.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Damn super shocking and unexpected, RIP

 

[snuffbox]

God fucking damn it.

 

[OldSchoolWrestling]

Omar dead is your title. Probably my favorite tv character ever. I have a tshirt that says Omar Coming. RIP. No role after that could have been better.

 

[Brocklock]

WHAT THE FUCK CMON

He always brought it no matter the role and no matter the quality of movie/tv show he was in. He could elevate so much. Omar is one of my favorite tv characters ever. this sucks.

RIP

 

[909]

This is fucking upsetting wtf. Way way way too soon.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Man, this sucks and all these drug related deaths too

 

[strummer]

Gutted

RIP

 

[King Kamala]

Damn super shocking and unexpected, RIP

He was on WTF like 6-7 months ago talking about his recovery from drug addiction. This is a damn tragedy. One of my absolute favorite actors. Omar Little is definitely on the Mt. Rushmore of television characters for me.

 

[Youth N Asia]

The We Hate Movies podcast has a term they use now, and then for a “now we’re talking” actor. And any time I’d see him on the screen I’d think “MKW. Now we’re talking!” He was just one of those few actors I’d always love seeing when they’d pop up in something.

 

[treble]

Aside from the obvious, he was really good in The Night Of and he was in my favourite episode of Community.

And I can't believe he was 54.

 

[Youth N Asia]

Aside from the obvious, he was really good in The Night Of and he was in my favourite episode of Community.

And I can't believe he was 54.

The Night Of was fantastic. Not enough people talk about that one. I went into that one blind, and was so glad to see him there.

 

[OG]

This one hurts. RIP

 

[snuffbox]

I had just started watching Lovecraft Country. Two episodes in and he was great in that too.

 

[King Kamala]

He was on WTF like 6-7 months ago talking about his recovery from drug addiction. This is a damn tragedy. One of my absolute favorite actors. Omar Little is definitely on the Mt. Rushmore of television characters for me.

Remembering Michael K. Williams

Listen to this episode from WTF with Marc Maron Podcast on Spotify. Marc revisits his conversation from earlier this year with actor Michael K. Williams. Michael died at age 54 on September 6, 2021. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material...

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Marc Maron rereleased this episode without his pre interview rant and post interview rant/guitar noodling.

 

[King Kamala]

 

[MFer]

Always great in anything I saw him in. Brief soap box moment, but too many black men in particular are dying before they hit 50, 60 years old.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Dude was such a presence on the screen. Brought so much heart, complexity and vulnerability to his characters that it made him the center of attention even when he wasn’t the main guy. This sucks.

 

[King Kamala]

Michael K Williams remembered by Felicia Pearson

The actor, who played Snoop alongside Williams’s Omar in The Wire, on her ‘big brother, little sister’ chemistry with the man who transformed her life after spotting her in a Baltimore nightclub

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Snoop remembers Omar.