RIP Michael K. Williams, aka Omar Little

[Roy H.]

Michael K. Williams, who memorably portrayed Omar Little in “The Wire” and Chalky White in “Boardwalk Empire,” has died at age 54. The New York Police Department confirmed to Variety that the actor was found dead today at 2 p.m. inside of his Brooklyn residence.

Williams was a regular on many acclaimed HBO series, including “The Wire,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Night Of” and “Lovecraft Country,” played Leonard on SundanceTV crime series “Hap and Leonard” and had a recurring role on J.J. Abrams’ “Alias.” He also acted in acclaimed films including “Inherent Vice,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Gone Baby Gone” and “The Road.”

The man was very talented at his craft.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Wow... truly saddened.

[Csfan1984]

RIP. Loved his work. Didn't know he was that young.

[gift]

RIP. One of my favorite characters in The Wire.

[liam]

This made me very sad. RIP

[footey]

RIP 

I feel you.

[KG Living Legend]

 Appears to be another heroin death.

https://nypost.com/2021/09/06/actor-michael-k-williams-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/

[Goldstar88]

That’s really depressing. The Wire is probably The best show I’ve ever seen. He was so talented...

[footey]

I live in a small seaport community in the East End of Long Island.  Very recently over a span of 48 hours there were 6 overdose deaths from cocaine laced with Fentanyl.  I lot of ODs occur because the drug of choice is cut with Fentanyl.  Awful.

[gift]

I live in a small seaport community in the East End of Long Island.  Very recently over a span of 48 hours there were 6 overdose deaths from cocaine laced with Fentanyl.  I lot of ODs occur because the drug of choice is cut with Fentanyl.  Awful.

Fentanyl is scary.

[ozgod]

I remembered him as Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire, he was awesome. RIP.

[Roy H.]

I live in a small seaport community in the East End of Long Island.  Very recently over a span of 48 hours there were 6 overdose deaths from cocaine laced with Fentanyl.  I lot of ODs occur because the drug of choice is cut with Fentanyl.  Awful.

Fentanyl is scary.

Yeah.  It’s crazy.  The big risk used to be people taking heroin cut with fentanyl.  Now, some of my clients are using straight fentanyl.

It’s gotten to the point where the DA’s office is handing out Narcan.

[gouki88]

I live in a small seaport community in the East End of Long Island.  Very recently over a span of 48 hours there were 6 overdose deaths from cocaine laced with Fentanyl.  I lot of ODs occur because the drug of choice is cut with Fentanyl.  Awful.

Fentanyl is scary.

Yeah.  It’s crazy.  The big risk used to be people taking heroin cut with fentanyl.  Now, some of my clients are using straight fentanyl.

It’s gotten to the point where the DA’s office is handing out Narcan.

It's pretty frightening stuff. Super widespread too - I remember reading about how President Duterte was abusing fentanyl (somewhat ironic given his drug laws) and thought about how odd that was. The opioid crisis is really quite scary.