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[Il Magneto 18]

The wire was my favourite TV show of all time. Valchek was a wonderful character. 

The Deacon, Detectives Massey, Mahone and Cole, Major Foerster, Prop Joe, Omar, Nick Sobotkas dad Louis and Norman Wilson are some of the characters who have passed away in real life 

[YoungWillz 21,066]

Annie Wersching, US actress best known as Renee Walker in 24 and also perhaps Liana in Star Trek: Enterprise and The Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard, seems to have died of cancer according to this GoFundMe page, aged 45: https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-annies-boys-freddie-ozzie-and-archie

[mollyafox 459]

Lance Reddick of The Wire dead at 60 years old https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/

[Comped 530]

14 minutes ago, mollyafox said:

Lance Reddick of The Wire dead at 60 years old https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/

Apparently completely unexpected, as he was apparently supposed to appear on some shows promoting John Wick 4 this week. And was, so I heard from a movie industry friend, signed on to do additional John Wick films.

[Superstar 295]

41 minutes ago, mollyafox said:

Lance Reddick of The Wire dead at 60 years old https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/

That's so weird. All the celebrity deaths this year are really young people. Not that many old people died this year.

[gcreptile 10,979]

Fuck, no! Saw him first in Lost, and then he just kept appearing in all the stuff I like.

Very sad.

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 748]

That's really sad news to read. New him mainly from the John Wick movies where he was great in the role of Charon.

[FinalChapter 75]

A guy I was always pleased to see pop up in small roles. Always amazing line delivery. 
 

 

[Planetist 122]

On 16/01/2023 at 12:36, Spade_Cooley said:

After my one-year-too-early theme team effort with Sopranos alums, someone could do a lot worse than by putting together a team of 20 Wire possibles...

At this rate, I'm not sure there'll be any left for next year.

[Lafaucheuse 4,051]

crossposting. 

[mollyafox 459]

31 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

crossposting. 

It seems like he took his own life. The article says that his father recently died, and he wasn't handling the grief well.

 

Not mentioned in the TMZ article, his former manager recently called him out for his drug addiction. Angus went to rehab, then 2 days after leaving, he resumed using drugs again. Seems like this was supposed to be some sort of wake-up call for him. Ironically, he played a drug dealer on Euphoria. 

 

The article implies he took his own life, although maybe his father's death caused him to use more drugs, then he accidentally overdosed. 

[tracy 2,420]

On 07/10/2020 at 17:59, arghton said:

Mark Margolis. Actor known from Scarface, Oz, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. 81 next month so not one of the old ones but has had a brain surgery after a fall during the filming of Better Call Saul and has looked like a centenarian for some time. Seems to be in good health at the moment, but who knows.

 

Mark Margolis dead at 83.

[Joey Russ 7,229]

7 minutes ago, tracy said:

 

Mark Margolis dead at 83.

So when are we gonna find out if he suicide bombed the nursing home he was in?

[Sinbabad 1,126]

40 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

So when are we gonna find out if he suicide bombed the nursing home he was in?

He didn’t suicide bombed. He was choked to death by another « patient » in the AIDS ward !

[gcreptile 10,979]

Ah, that Theme Team was a good idea.

[tracy 2,420]

On 22/09/2021 at 09:34, Ulitzer95 said:

Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)

Jack Lord (1920–1998; 77) congestive heart failure
James MacArthur (1937–2010; 72) "natural causes"
Kam Fong Chun (1918–2002; 84) lung cancer
Zulu (1937–2004; 66) diabetic complications
Richard Denning (1914–1998; 84) cardiac arrest
Maggi Parker (b. 1927)
Peggy Ryan (1924–2004; 80) stroke
Glenn Cannon (1932–2013; 80)
Herman Wademeyer (1924–1999; 74) heart attack
Danny Kamekona (1935–1996; 60) 
Al Harrington (1935–2021; 85) stroke
Douglas Mossman (1933–2021; 88) "natural causes"
Amanda McBroom (b. 1947)
William Smith (1932–2021; 88) 
Sharon Farrell (b. 1940)
Moe Keale (1939–2002; 62) heart attack

 

Sharon Farrell died off radar in May per a recent FB post by her sister.

 

Looking at her Wiki page, someone did add a death date at the time, so looks like another case of someone editing a page to add a death date (which obviously didn't stick) and not telling the press. 

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Extra TV obit.

[LizLemon 65]

Ron Cephas Jones, Emmy winner for NBC's This Is Us, dead at 66.

[time 8,620]

On 31/07/2023 at 23:24, mollyafox said:

It seems like he took his own life. The article says that his father recently died, and he wasn't handling the grief well.

 

Not mentioned in the TMZ article, his former manager recently called him out for his drug addiction. Angus went to rehab, then 2 days after leaving, he resumed using drugs again. Seems like this was supposed to be some sort of wake-up call for him. Ironically, he played a drug dealer on Euphoria. 

 

The article implies he took his own life, although maybe his father's death caused him to use more drugs, then he accidentally overdosed. 

Angus Cloud's cause of death, accidental overdose, according to Alameda Coroner's office.

[Bentrovato 1,089]

2 hours ago, time said:

Angus Cloud's cause of death, accidental overdose, according to Alameda Coroner's office.

Imbibed fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs. How the fuck is that accidental.  

[lilham 757]

6 minutes ago, Bentrovato said:

Imbibed fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs. How the fuck is that accidental.  

cocaine is often cut with meth and fentanyl these days.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Get t’fekk that bullshit term ‘accidental overdose’.

[arrowsmith 448]

Burt Young, Paulie from Rocky, dead at 83.
 

Crossposting - Burt Young had an exceptional guest role as Bobby Baccalieri Sr. in the Sopranos. 

[lilham 757]

Jussie Smollett (Empire) enters rehab amidst his hate crime hoax trial: https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/18/jussie-smollett-rehab-treatment-facility/

[Spade_Cooley 9,540]

13 hours ago, arrowsmith said:

Burt Young, Paulie from Rocky, dead at 83.
 

Crossposting - Burt Young had an exceptional guest role as Bobby Baccalieri Sr. in the Sopranos. 

 

Another toothpick...