Michael K Williams of The Wire fame died of fatal drug overdose, confirms NYC chief medical examiner
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Michal K Williams was found dead in the living room of his Brooklyn apartment on September 6, and drug paraphernalia was on a table nearby.
Washington: The Emmy-nominated actor Michael K Williams who was found dead in his New York penthouse on September 6, died of a fatal drug overdose. Variety confirmed the news with a spokesperson for New York City`s chief medical examiner`s office who determined that `The Wire` actor`s official cause of death is acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
His manner of death has been ruled accidental. For the unversed, Michael was found dead in the living room of his Brooklyn apartment on September 6, and drug paraphernalia was on a table nearby.
As per Variety, the late actor in his earlier interviews has already revealed scary stories of the double life he was living as he rose to stardom on `The Wire`, doing drugs "in scary places with scary people.""I was playing with fire. It was just a matter of time before I got caught and my business ended up on the cover of a tabloid or I went to jail or, worse, I ended up dead," Williams said then.
