Michael K Williams Dead At 54

Michael K. Williams, whose portrayal of Omar on The Wire made him famous, was found dead in his Williamsburg Brooklyn apartment this afternoon

He was 54.

Police sources tell the New York Post that heroin was on his kitchen table.

Williams's nephew found him.

“I found the body,” said a weeping man at the scene, talking into his cell phone

In addition to The Wire, Williams starred in Boardwalk Empire and Lovecraft Country.

He has a history of drug addiction.

RIP.