Michael K. Williams, Omar From ‘The Wire,’ Is Dead at 54
Mr. Williams, who likewise featured in "Boardwalk Empire" and "Lovecraft Country," was most popular for his job as Omar Little in the David Simon HBO series. Michael K. Williams, the entertainer who carried a hard-edge magnetism to his depiction of Omar Little, the sawed-off-shotgun-using stickup man on the spearheading HBO series "The Wire," was discovered dead on Monday, September 6th, 2021 in his home in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. He was 54. His long-lasting agent, Marianna Shafran, affirmed the demise in an assertion and said the family was wrestling with "profound distress" at "this difficult misfortune."