RIP Michael K Williams

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(CNN)Michael K. Williams, an actor best known for his role as Omar Little on HBO's "The Wire," has died. He was 54. 

Williams was found dead in his New York City apartment Monday afternoon, a law enforcement official told CNN.

Rest In Peace you wonderful wonderful actor. 
 

[CRA]

such a great actor.  Omar Little was one of the GOATs in terms of TV characters.  

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3 minutes ago, CRA said:

such a great actor.  Omar Little was one of the GOATs in terms of TV characters.  

He had an amazing range of acting too, everyone knows him for Omar but all his roles were masterful. 

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@CRA @LinvilleGorge 

 

Oops could one of you mods change that C. To a K. no idea why my phone decided to auto correct that. 
 

Sorry for the misspell. 

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First comes a whistled tune—“The Farmer in the Dell,” delivered with extra menace. Then the sight of him—Omar Little, played by Michael K. Williams, stalking the streets of Baltimore in a billowing duster concealing a shotgun. Omar was the most indelible character on The Wire, one of TV’s greatest dramas, and the show was most viewers’ introduction to Williams, a captivating screen presence who was found dead yesterday in Brooklyn at the age of 54.

Williams demonstrated versatility far beyond that one character: “Michael K. Williams Is More Than Omar From The Wire,” declared the headline of an excellent 2017 profile of the actor. But on hearing of his death, I couldn’t help but think of his swaggering entrance on that show back in 2002, when he was a near-total unknown. Though The Wire was about the impassable institutional lines drawn between cops and criminals, Omar belonged to neither world, a stickup artist who robbed drug dealers and kept to his own moral code. From the first minute, Williams spun to life a singular character who was intimidating, unpredictable, and devilishly wry—a standout in a series littered with career-best performances.

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I never watched The Wire, but I saw Williams in Boardwalk Empire as Chalky White, Leonard Pine in Hap & Leonard, both underappreciated roles.

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