'Wire' actor Williams died of OD: autopsy

By Barbara Goldberg
Updated September 25 2021 - 7:40am, first published 7:34am
An accidental drug overdose has been ruled as US actor Michael K. Williams' cause of death.
An accidental drug overdose has been ruled as US actor Michael K. Williams' cause of death.

An autopsy has confirmed actor Michael K. Williams, who played the shotgun-toting drug dealer Omar Little in the HBO crime drama The Wire, died of an overdose of drugs, the New York City medical examiner's office says.

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