EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams found dead in NYC apartment https://t.co/x2SXGv2fyq pic.twitter.com/oYlaFW5kpx
— Page Six (@PageSix) September 6, 2021
Damn. RIP Omar
Michael K Williams found Dead
5,048 Views |
50 Replies |
Last: 4 yr ago by SJEAg
HummingbirdSaltalamacchia
Joined:
Jan 10, 2006
Posts:
11,120
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Damn. RIP Omar
I know he battled addiction. A legend. RIP.
Oh damn. RIP.
I used to be on staff at one of the many organizations Michael K Williams supported, and he was the one celebrity you could always count to show up. He shared his time, talent, and spirit with those kids, and the impact of that cannot be overstated. https://t.co/pC9noX8FwA
— Sage Young (@sageyoungest) September 6, 2021
Michael K. Williams was a star when a no-name journalist from The Star-Ledger asked to do a profile.
— Kevin Manahan (@KevinCManahan) September 6, 2021
He said yes, gave me ridiculous access and answered every question, even the ones about his addiction.
No ego. Only class and graciousness.
RIP, Mike.https://t.co/SbpfVKYBhp
Terrible news. I think I've posted this before but I got one of the few of these he put out on his website about 12 years ago. RIP.
Damn, loved him in The Wire and the wife and I just watched Red Sea Diving Resort last night.
R.I.P
Damn...this one hurts.
RIP
RIP
I had no idea Michael K. Williams choreographed and was a dancer in Crystal Waters' 100% Pure Love music video. Or that he danced back up for Madonna and George Michael. What a life.
— Gregory Ellwood - TELLURIDE - The Playlist 🎬 (@TheGregoryE) September 6, 2021
Watch out, afterlife. Omar comin'.
Really saddened by this.
Awwwwwwww shiiiiiiiiiit.
RIP Omar.
RIP Omar.
"A man got to have a code"
One of my favorite TV characters of all time.
One of my favorite TV characters of all time.
****. 3 comedians in LA recently died from cocaine laced with fentanyl. I fear we'll continue to hear more of these stories.
Omar is a top 5 tv character.
One of the most legendary characters ever and a great actor...
very sad day
very sad day
It's all in the game, yo.
Has there ever been a character that just mesmerized you everytime they were on screen. Great character, great talent. RIP.
Has there ever been a character that just mesmerized you everytime they were on screen. Great character, great talent. RIP.
Gotta be. No question.Bruce Almighty said:
Omar is a top 5 tv character.
That absolutely sucks. He was on a different level than 99% of the actors out there.
Bruce Almighty said:
Omar is a top 5 tv character.
Al Bundy
Omar
everyone else
Some Junkie Cosmonaut
Joined:
Apr 13, 2004
Posts:
45,112
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Damn. This legitimately ruined my night.
I loved Chalky White . Such a great talent gone but not soon forgotten.
R.I.P. Chalky White.
Damn, he was terrifying and electrifying at the same time as Chalky White.
Plus, he did a fantastic job sending up his own image during his short run in "Community."
Yes he wasGiveEmHellBill said:
Damn, he was terrifying and electrifying at the same time as Chalky White.
I've always wanted to see at least some of his performance as Dryden Vos in Solo, before all the the rework.
This sucks. What a phenomenal actor and, by all accounts, dude.
This sucks. What a phenomenal actor and, by all accounts, dude.
I just saw this. Sad news.
To quote D'Angelo...Stat Monitor Repairman said:Gotta be. No question.Bruce Almighty said:
Omar is a top 5 tv character.
Mos' def.
One of my favorite Omar scenes. RIP.
If you haven't seen him in Hap and Leonard check it out. IMO it's an underrated show.
The depth of my love for this brother, can only be matched by the depth of my pain learning of his loss. A 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. pic.twitter.com/EvrESGSK8O
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 6, 2021
If you don’t know, you better ask somebody. His name was Michael K. Williams. He shared with me his secret fears then stepped out into his acting with true courage, acting in the face of fear, not in the absence of it. It took me years to learn what Michael had in abundance. pic.twitter.com/BIkoPPrPzg
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 6, 2021
He was proud of the artist he had become, asking for my advice long after he had surpassed any incite I could have shared.Always truthful, never inauthentic. The kindest of persons. Like two mischievous kids, we would laugh & joke whenever we would meet. Like Baltimore years ago pic.twitter.com/d68eaSb8rL
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 6, 2021
THE WIRE brought us together and immortalized Omar & Bunk in that “scene” on a park bench.But for us we aimed to take that moment in time together and say something about Black men. Our struggle with ourselves, internally, and each other. For me & Mike we had nothing but respect pic.twitter.com/CfDW3rcY2c
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 6, 2021
So to you, my brother Mike, there is a small comfort that I know, you knew how much we loved you. pic.twitter.com/lr48rSwg0o
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 6, 2021
“There is a certain immortality involved in theater, not created by monuments and books, but through the knowledge an actor keeps to his dying day that on a certain afternoon, in an empty and dusty theater, he cast the shadow of a being that was not himself……. pic.twitter.com/wcuOb58cnu
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 6, 2021
“but the distillation of all that he had ever observed; all the unsingable heart song the ordinary man may feel but never utter, he gave voice to. And by that somehow joins the ages.
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) September 6, 2021
Mike…….you joined the ages.
Farewell my friend,
Love Wendell pic.twitter.com/mrjtNWcIq5
The scene with Omar and Bunk is absolutely incredible
Featured Stories
See All