Michael Williams

[jlhoots]

Dead at age 54 from apparent heroin / fentanyl overdose. He was one of my favorite actors.

[tranemonk]

Where did you see the cause of death? All i saw was the announcement of the death?? Awful..

[Chuck Nessa]

13 minutes ago, tranemonk said:

Where did you see the cause of death? All i saw was the announcement of the death?? Awful..

New York Post has some indication of this.

[clifford_thornton]

Sad, any way you look at it. 

[jlhoots]

Although the cause of death has not yet been determined, drug paraphernalia was found in the apartment, according to the New York Post. A separate law enforcement source tells PEOPLE that Williams died of a suspected overdose and that officials believe he may have had heroin laced with fentanyl.

[jazzbo]

Sad, sad, sad. I enjoyed his work. RIP.

[ghost of miles]

A wonderful appreciation of Williams by Doreen St. Felix in the New Yorker:

Remembering Michael K. Williams, Defender Of Black Fictions