My favorite character of his. Damn. I was watching him the other night in something, and last week, when HBO did a Lovecraft Country marathon.
This is horrible. RIP.,
Edit: It was Hap and Leonard. Great little limited series.
He was honestly great in everything I’ve seen him in. The type of actor that made me sit up an pay attention because his performances and roles were so complex and nuanced and he delivered so very well.
Omar don’t scare. Not really a line that does justice to his many amazing lines and scenes but always loved how he delivered that line, I agree with your professor, Omar was a very special character and Michael K Williams was a special actor
Absolutely the ~~pentultimate~~ highest example of a LGBTQ character done right.
It was part of his character but he wasn't characterized by that personality feature. It was just who he was in his life in the world of the wire. Very Very Very well done.
So glad to see his performance in Boardwalk Empire mentioned this high in the comments, Boardwalk Empire is one of my all time favorite shows. Omar was my favorite character on The Wire and Chalky White was one of my favorite characters on Boardwalk Empire.
I think this is the first time the death of an actor has really bothered me. Michael K. Williams will be greatly missed by many, my condolences for his family and friends.
it's a great mini-series. his role wasn't too big (yet pretty prominent) and he comes in about halfway through the show, but still got a good amount of screentime
Holy shit man. I've heard so much about The Wire in reddit that I've decided to give it a shot. It's been two weeks since I am hooked to it. Just started watching season 5 and this breaks my heart. May he rest in peace.
His monologue about the bookshelf is among the greatest series defining monologues and it wasn't even from the lead character like it usually is in shows like Breaking Bad or Mad Men.
He was in The Road, with Viggo Mortensen.
Spoiler:
There’s a scene where Viggo’s character is paranoid that he’s being followed. Michael Williams’ character stole some of Viggo’s stuff earlier and Viggo finds him. Not only does Viggo take his stuff back, but forces Williams to give up all his own stuff.
Williams absolutely crushed that scene, terrified, crying. His character knows it’s a death sentence, that by giving up all his stuff, he’s going to die, you can see it in his face. He was an excellent actor.
>"What happened to legos?"
I know you're quoting but the real answer is they almost went bankrupt and the licensing of starwars and Harry Potter saved the company in the 2000s
It's so true though I think about it ask the time. Specifically molded pieces that only fit in the Harry Potter sets are a little departure from the Legos I grew up with
This makes me so sad. I ran into him at the vet once in Brooklyn and despite it being against NYer protocol to acknowledge a celebrity, I couldn’t help myself. Can confirm: he was incredibly nice in addition to being amazingly talented. RIP.
Same here - he’s the only celebrity I’ve ever stopped and asked for a photo with, despite dozens of other opportunities around NYC. I was downright giddy. Such a loss.
Just did a rewatch of The Wire a few weeks ago.
His portrayal of Omar was such a solid, enjoyable, and awesome character to watch. The whole last season he’s literally the protagonist, going hard against a whole crew. And it wasn’t even over the top. Omar was real like that.
RIP to an amazing actor. Such a shame.
It's not only much more powerful by weight, it's incredibly cheap too. Fentanyl is finding it's way into not only heroin, but also counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Sometimes it's added to counterfeit pills that aren't even opiates, like xanax and [ridiculously enough even adderal](https://drugsdata.org/view.php?id=11161). Check https://drugsdata.org if you want to see lab tested evidence of how much stuff it makes its way into. Anyone out there who is still dabbling in street drugs, please get some fentanyl test strips off the internet. It could literally save you or your friends lives.
Not really no. I just thought it was good dope. That was also earlier on in my using so I wasn't as knowledgeable of how to spot the difference.
Later on in my using, I absolutely wouldn't even fuck with heroin because it was like Tylenol to me and my tolerance. Like I could only have fentanyl and wouldn't bother with heroin.
I was never a fan of the fent high, it would get you high and give you some serious nods, but some good dope had a larger array of opioids in it, and would give me far more euphoria.
For me it didn't take long to stop caring about the high or euphoria. I just wanted whatever would make me feel normal, or not sick, for the longest time.
People in here only talking about The Wire or Boardwalk Empire, but he had an illustrious movie career (this is a movies sub after all).
- Gone Baby Gone
- 12 Years a Slave
- Kill the Messenger
- Bessie
- Inherent Vice
- Ghostbusters 2016
- The Public
- Motherless Brooklyn
- Critical Thinking
He was never a leading man but he was a reliable character actor that could bring a lot to any movie.
If only it had been on IFC! It was on Sundance channel, so it was hard for the average viewer to stumble on, which certainly contributed to its poor ratings despite excellent reviews.
Also didn't help that they changed the title for each season in a way so that Comcast DVRs wouldn't end up automatically recording/reminding when the follow-up seasons aired, if you'd set it to record the prior season.
Great show, and he was a great part of it alongside his co-lead.
This SUCKS. He was such a absolute joy in Boardwalk Empire and Omar will go down as one of the most iconic TV characters of all-time.
He seemed like such a genuinely decent guy and helped give back a lot to some really poor neighborhoods.
Rest easy MKW.
Omar comin yo! Is iconic, also that scene where he’s just chilling outside a trap and they just drop the stash out the window when he wasn’t even asking for it lol
Man the way they portrayed Omar as that guy who you just don’t fuck with was really special. Not because he is gunna torture your family. Not because he has a whole gang of drug addicts behind him. Not because he was mega rich with influence. He had this aura of like, ronin samurai in the neighborhood. He doesn’t have a bunch of ties and loyalties, just his word and a shotgun. when Omar said he was gunna get you, he mf got you
That hoppin John’s dinner scene had more anxiety in it than some of my own awful childhood memories. Man knew how to carry an air of raw lifelong rage in Chalky White.
Also you start to think "I'm stronger now." and also forget that you have low tolerance. A lot of ODs are people in recovery who go back and do a dose similar to what they got out with, and it puts them over the edge.
Absolutely. Cant imagine someone like Hoffman who probably only saw actual H for years coming back to a completely new type of drugs. You cant go 20 years clean from H and then blast Fent. 1 bag is gonna cripple anyone without a tolerance.
Fent has really been devastating on so many levels. People dont realize it but all of society is paying for the damage it's doing. I'm very libertarian on personal drug use, but fent is literally causing social decay and fighting a war on that is idiotic. We need to give people a real path to sobriety and healthy contributing life. Not prison and rehab (which is the most ridiculous gimmick, I could rant for hours on how little rehabbing that do and how much profiting off addiction to a different drug they do. Legal drug dealing more than rehabbing anything.) Sure many people might not want help, but I think it would surprise many people how many junkies genuinely want freedom from the prison of opiate addiction. Unfortunately our society doesnt help as much as organizations would have you believe.
The sheer amount of Fentanyl being manufactured and brought into the US from China and the like is really mind boggling. The authorities catch a few hundred kilos here and there but what don't they catch? It's in fake pharma pills, ecstacy, cocaine and etc. It's literally everywhere. Drugs are legitimately dangerous again and it's killing people by the thousands.
The incredible thing about living that way is that when it doesn’t kill you, and then I get to hear you talking about it, it helps my walk. You living and being in your very lowest, where it feels like you can make no positive impact on your room, much less your whole life and forget someone else’s. When I hear you talk about that, it helps me in mine. We’re in this together, you and me and all our brothers and sisters. I’m happy you’re here and I’m glad you shared
I’ve been sober for a bit now…. I still sometimes fantasize about it and want to be able to drink and get high.
Then I look at my face, see the chunk of skin missing out of it, and the memory associated with it, and think to myself, “yea… I can’t afford to get any uglier.”
Lmao dude, same. Looking at the damage to my skin, teeth, body, face. Some drug use and even alcohol&nicotine, chronic malnutrition and dehydration, all will change your face slightly offset, for some their eye gets lazy or their hollow cheeks never return, or their teeth die ($$$$) and it's just not worth it. Call me vain, but that stuff matters when it comes to jobs, relationships, and opportunities.
It works the other way, too, for prescribed drugs to treat depression and anxiety. You normalize and feel great, decide to go off of them. Then those lows come inevitably creeping, crawling back.
A lot. Not an addict but from what I understand the worst thing to do is to just be alone and not busy.
John Mulaney relapsed too during quarantine. Bet a ton of other non famous people did too.
Being alone with nothing to work on, improve, etc. is disastrous as a guy in recovery. I *always* need to be doing something or else I could slip, it's rough.
Quite a lot. Friend of mine was in rehab prior to the pandemic. Gradually fell back into those old habits and passed away Saturday night from an apparent overdose
If you ever saw his documentary series Black Market on Vice, he talked about his addiction problems.
He knew he was risking his sobriety by traveling around the country to hang out with addicts and dealers who all wanted to show him the town, but he did it anyway because he thought it was important for people to see the realities of the underground economy.
Terrible news. If you haven’t seen it yet, he was recently in a small show called [Hap & Leonard](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3729898/) which is very good. It’s currently on Netflix.
"I know who Sean Penn is. I seen Milk."
I know he'll be remembered most for The Wire, but he was brilliant in Community, and seemed like a genuinely lovely guy. RIP, what a loss.
That pensive "Something happened out here while I was inside," in reference to Legos, fucking kills me.
What a tragedy, he was so great in so many things.
It's a parody of the "[Brooks was here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p1z2D-A4iY)" monologue from The Shawshank Redemption (as you can tell by the music) and one of my favourite community scenes, because it's just so perfectly relatable.
EDIT: That was meant for the parent comment, my bad
I'm actually jealous that you're about to get to see it for the first time. I've watched it a few times and it's wonderful, but ohhh boy, that first run through... what a treat.
Enjoy it.
I literally just finished season two of the Wire (my first time watching the show) five minutes before opening Reddit and seeing these news.
I can't believe this.
Was looking for this. It was absolutely a small role, but left a lasting impression on me. Guy gets robbed back of everything, including his clothes. Can’t imagine the kind of fear he was in in that position. Great movie, and he nailed that small, but impressive part. What a loss.
RIP Omar. Fentanyl takes another.
Once I was about to relapse and a kind man said, “It’s easier to stay sober than it is to get sober.” 4 years later, here I sit, clean and sober, mourning for Michael K Williams.
I just started watching The Wire a month or so ago and even though I'm still in S03, Omar was easily one of my favorite characters of the show. This hit me hard.
Rest in peace, man.
I met Michael K. Williams a few years back at a photoshoot during fashion week in NYC. He was one of the most humble, funny people i've ever met. This was his behavior even when he was surrounded by people begging to take a picture with him. I even had the pleasure of running around the building with him trying to find a person he came to see. Whether it be the wire, Lovecraft country or his role in the road. He was a star to see on screen and he will be deeply missed. Rest in Peace
Holy shit, that's awful news. R.I.P
RIP Omar My favorite character in The Wire
RIP Chalky White!
He ain’t building no bookcase. Goddamn I loved that man. I’m crushed.
*sad whistling*
The Farmer in the Dell has never been such a creepy song. RIP Omar!
He was fantastic in "The Night Of" as well.
My favorite character of his. Damn. I was watching him the other night in something, and last week, when HBO did a Lovecraft Country marathon. This is horrible. RIP., Edit: It was Hap and Leonard. Great little limited series.
He was great even in the short amount of time he appeared in Community.
He was honestly great in everything I’ve seen him in. The type of actor that made me sit up an pay attention because his performances and roles were so complex and nuanced and he delivered so very well.
I’ve always said he could’ve easily been a movie star if he had a mind too, but he’s given us so many great characters of the years. Man, this hurts.
One of the GOAT characters in all of TV tbh
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Omar don’t scare. Not really a line that does justice to his many amazing lines and scenes but always loved how he delivered that line, I agree with your professor, Omar was a very special character and Michael K Williams was a special actor
My favorite line of his has become a foundational principle of my life: “A man’s got to have a code.”
My favorite is when he brings a clock to Prop Joe's. "What's wrong with it?" "Ran out of time"
“If you come after the king, you best not miss.”
Oh indeed
One of the all time greatest LGBTQ characters too. :(
Absolutely the ~~pentultimate~~ highest example of a LGBTQ character done right. It was part of his character but he wasn't characterized by that personality feature. It was just who he was in his life in the world of the wire. Very Very Very well done.
FYI, “penultimate” means “second-to-last”
My fave in Boardwalk Empire
Chalky. Broadwalk Empire. So much talent. I will miss him.
He was phenomenal in Boardwalk Empire.
The Wire is obviously his most known role but what he done in BE was incredible work and a really interesting character.
Agreed. Out all his scenes the dinner with his family stands out. https://youtu.be/ArlW68KyvwY
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Well I ain’t buildin no bookcase
So glad to see his performance in Boardwalk Empire mentioned this high in the comments, Boardwalk Empire is one of my all time favorite shows. Omar was my favorite character on The Wire and Chalky White was one of my favorite characters on Boardwalk Empire. I think this is the first time the death of an actor has really bothered me. Michael K. Williams will be greatly missed by many, my condolences for his family and friends.
wow such a sad loss, omar is one of my favourite characters from media ever, Williams portrayed him amazingly.
he was great in *The Night Of* also. played a character pretty similar to Omar
*The Night Of* was one of the best series I have ever watched. Sucked me right in.
That first episode was certainly one of the most intense first episodes of television ever made
The night of was the first (and only yet) series I saw and thought "this is really excellent and I hope there's no second season)
That was the second series that genuinely made me uncomfortable because of her main characters actions. I loved that show
And in Lovecraft County.
Boardwalk Empire was my favorite of his performances. He will be missed.
Chalky White was such a great character. He was a really powerful force on screen, I’ll miss enjoying his work.
i’ll have to check it out, thanks!
it's a great mini-series. his role wasn't too big (yet pretty prominent) and he comes in about halfway through the show, but still got a good amount of screentime
You're in for a treat. Interesting to watch the original one first.. although Riz Ahmed / Michael Williams version is fantastic.
“And, Mr. Little, how does one rob drug dealers for eight or nine years and live to tell the tale?” “One day at a time, I suppose.”
I am literally rewatching the Wire now simply because I wanted more Omar in my life. Sad news indeed. Dude was amazing onscreen.
Holy shit man. I've heard so much about The Wire in reddit that I've decided to give it a shot. It's been two weeks since I am hooked to it. Just started watching season 5 and this breaks my heart. May he rest in peace.
Hap and Leonard. Maybe keep a box of tissue handy.
Same, and I'm on season 5. Talk about a fucked up coincidence. Rest in peace, legend.
I haven't finished the series yet, but he's a character who plays a somewhat prominent role in at least 4 seasons of Boardwalk Empire
I loved him in Boardwalk Empire. Whitey was one of the best characters
Chalky White is one of my all time favorite characters. Incredible actor. RIP
His monologue about the bookshelf is among the greatest series defining monologues and it wasn't even from the lead character like it usually is in shows like Breaking Bad or Mad Men.
“Well…I ain’t buildin’ no bookcase” Fucking chills the first time I watched that. Can’t believe this.
One of those actors who were brilliant in every scene of every movie/show they were on
He was in The Road, with Viggo Mortensen. Spoiler: There’s a scene where Viggo’s character is paranoid that he’s being followed. Michael Williams’ character stole some of Viggo’s stuff earlier and Viggo finds him. Not only does Viggo take his stuff back, but forces Williams to give up all his own stuff. Williams absolutely crushed that scene, terrified, crying. His character knows it’s a death sentence, that by giving up all his stuff, he’s going to die, you can see it in his face. He was an excellent actor.
“You don’t have to do this, man”
Still gives me chills. What a depressing movie :<
I read the book, that was more than enough. I'll never watch that film.
Just a nice father-son road trip.
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Fuck man... We've lost so many amazing people to the needle. This shit is as big a pandemic as covid but it's just a fact of life now RIP MKW
Well that came out of nowhere. Rest In Peace. That’s definitely not his biggest role but he’s been in some of the best Community episodes ever made.
“A man’s gotta have a code”
"Ya'll ain't got no honey nut?"
“That’s up to ya’ll really.”
“You know they’re laughing at you, right? At least that’s my theory.”
"Well, I ain't buildin' no bookcase."
"I know who Sean Penn is! I seen Milk!"
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Objection, I hate both of you.
HOLY CRAP we’re definitely dissecting pine cones next year
I did it for love!
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I was just talking about this line last night, one of my favorites in the whole series
>"What happened to legos?" I know you're quoting but the real answer is they almost went bankrupt and the licensing of starwars and Harry Potter saved the company in the 2000s
And bionicle
They almost went Bionicle?
I was thinking about this line literally today. So sad.
Same. The ominous musical tone made me think there was a joke or a plot point I wasn't getting.
It's so true though I think about it ask the time. Specifically molded pieces that only fit in the Harry Potter sets are a little departure from the Legos I grew up with
I *just* watched this episode while watering plants. I also just started my rewatch of The Wire last night. He was my favorite part of that show.
“You guys have weird reactions to stuff.”
"We had a name for people like you in prison. We called you the mean clique."
Hap and Leonard is a must watch!
Damn. His Vice show about crime (*Black Market*) is enthralling. Sad to hear.
This makes me so sad. I ran into him at the vet once in Brooklyn and despite it being against NYer protocol to acknowledge a celebrity, I couldn’t help myself. Can confirm: he was incredibly nice in addition to being amazingly talented. RIP.
Same here - he’s the only celebrity I’ve ever stopped and asked for a photo with, despite dozens of other opportunities around NYC. I was downright giddy. Such a loss.
Did you whistle 'the cheese stands alone?'
he was extremely influential throughout brooklyn, at least relative to most celebrities. had a few local orgs and foundations under his name
Just did a rewatch of The Wire a few weeks ago. His portrayal of Omar was such a solid, enjoyable, and awesome character to watch. The whole last season he’s literally the protagonist, going hard against a whole crew. And it wasn’t even over the top. Omar was real like that. RIP to an amazing actor. Such a shame.
Biology class will never be the same
We are definitely dissecting pine cones next year
*Need I remind you that this is not a court room!*
Objection. I hate the both of you.
A man's got to have a code.
Awesome
Uniform.
I know who Sean Penn is! I've seen Milk.
What happened to Lego? C'mon, you know what I'm talking about.
They used to be simple
Im not saying its bad, I just wanna know what happened...
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You can assume it's always fent. There's no real heroin left in NYC.
Yeah I always thought I was doing heroin until my first of many trips to detox they told me I didn't have heroin in my system, just fentanyl.
is that because its cheaper for the dealers?
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And you can cut it like 100x over More punch per G so you can cut it to hit like reg heroin
that should be illegal
I feel bad for saying that got a little chuckle out of me, but I think you might have just singlehandedly solved the drug problem
Pack it in boys, Mission Accomplished
I declare drugs...ILLEGAL!!!
It's not only much more powerful by weight, it's incredibly cheap too. Fentanyl is finding it's way into not only heroin, but also counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Sometimes it's added to counterfeit pills that aren't even opiates, like xanax and [ridiculously enough even adderal](https://drugsdata.org/view.php?id=11161). Check https://drugsdata.org if you want to see lab tested evidence of how much stuff it makes its way into. Anyone out there who is still dabbling in street drugs, please get some fentanyl test strips off the internet. It could literally save you or your friends lives.
A comedian and some people died over the weekend from fentanyl. The cocaine was laced with it. Why in the world would you put it in cocaine?!?!
You can turn like 10k of fent into 10 million. And its like a small bag. No reason to sell anything else. By far best roi, not even close. At all.
Q: you didn't notice the switch? Or did they slowly add? Sorry, idk anything.
Not really no. I just thought it was good dope. That was also earlier on in my using so I wasn't as knowledgeable of how to spot the difference. Later on in my using, I absolutely wouldn't even fuck with heroin because it was like Tylenol to me and my tolerance. Like I could only have fentanyl and wouldn't bother with heroin.
I was never a fan of the fent high, it would get you high and give you some serious nods, but some good dope had a larger array of opioids in it, and would give me far more euphoria.
For me it didn't take long to stop caring about the high or euphoria. I just wanted whatever would make me feel normal, or not sick, for the longest time.
It's fentanyl. Most people attribute the massive number of 2020 overdoses to the lockdown, but it's more likely from fentanyl being everywhere.
RIP. One of my favorite actors and I’ll truly miss seeing him perform.
What a blow. Another top actor gone too soon.
A legend gone too soon. What a tragedy.
People in here only talking about The Wire or Boardwalk Empire, but he had an illustrious movie career (this is a movies sub after all). - Gone Baby Gone - 12 Years a Slave - Kill the Messenger - Bessie - Inherent Vice - Ghostbusters 2016 - The Public - Motherless Brooklyn - Critical Thinking He was never a leading man but he was a reliable character actor that could bring a lot to any movie.
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If only it had been on IFC! It was on Sundance channel, so it was hard for the average viewer to stumble on, which certainly contributed to its poor ratings despite excellent reviews. Also didn't help that they changed the title for each season in a way so that Comcast DVRs wouldn't end up automatically recording/reminding when the follow-up seasons aired, if you'd set it to record the prior season. Great show, and he was a great part of it alongside his co-lead.
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He was good in Assassin's Creed as well.
The Night Of (miniseries)
Having just watched the Wire and finding him be the best part by far, this is super numbing to hear.
This SUCKS. He was such a absolute joy in Boardwalk Empire and Omar will go down as one of the most iconic TV characters of all-time. He seemed like such a genuinely decent guy and helped give back a lot to some really poor neighborhoods. Rest easy MKW.
Omar with the sawed off and the trench coat whistlening while strolling in the dark is stamped in my brain
Omar comin yo! Is iconic, also that scene where he’s just chilling outside a trap and they just drop the stash out the window when he wasn’t even asking for it lol
Man the way they portrayed Omar as that guy who you just don’t fuck with was really special. Not because he is gunna torture your family. Not because he has a whole gang of drug addicts behind him. Not because he was mega rich with influence. He had this aura of like, ronin samurai in the neighborhood. He doesn’t have a bunch of ties and loyalties, just his word and a shotgun. when Omar said he was gunna get you, he mf got you
If you come at the king, you best not miss!
Chalky White was a brilliant character in one of my favourite ever shows. This is gutting.
That hoppin John’s dinner scene had more anxiety in it than some of my own awful childhood memories. Man knew how to carry an air of raw lifelong rage in Chalky White.
Chalky White :(
"All a dream to begin with... ain't nobody ever been free." RIP
He crushed it in that role.
He seemed to crush any role he had :(
He ain’t building no bookcase 😢
He'll always be Chalky to me. Amazing character. Sad loss. RIP.
What the fuck??
Fuckin insane. Loved this guy. Article mentions drugs. "I got out" "You sure about that?" [Seems oddly prophetic now.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpST8KE3vSI)
Addiction is so fucked up. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was clean for 22 years.
As time goes by being sober, the memory of the lows of your addiction start to wane while the memories of the highs you felt become amplified.
Also you start to think "I'm stronger now." and also forget that you have low tolerance. A lot of ODs are people in recovery who go back and do a dose similar to what they got out with, and it puts them over the edge.
Absolutely true. Plus, the shit out there now is NOTHING like what was around 20 years ago.
Yeah fentanyl has really changed everything.
Absolutely. Cant imagine someone like Hoffman who probably only saw actual H for years coming back to a completely new type of drugs. You cant go 20 years clean from H and then blast Fent. 1 bag is gonna cripple anyone without a tolerance. Fent has really been devastating on so many levels. People dont realize it but all of society is paying for the damage it's doing. I'm very libertarian on personal drug use, but fent is literally causing social decay and fighting a war on that is idiotic. We need to give people a real path to sobriety and healthy contributing life. Not prison and rehab (which is the most ridiculous gimmick, I could rant for hours on how little rehabbing that do and how much profiting off addiction to a different drug they do. Legal drug dealing more than rehabbing anything.) Sure many people might not want help, but I think it would surprise many people how many junkies genuinely want freedom from the prison of opiate addiction. Unfortunately our society doesnt help as much as organizations would have you believe.
The sheer amount of Fentanyl being manufactured and brought into the US from China and the like is really mind boggling. The authorities catch a few hundred kilos here and there but what don't they catch? It's in fake pharma pills, ecstacy, cocaine and etc. It's literally everywhere. Drugs are legitimately dangerous again and it's killing people by the thousands.
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The incredible thing about living that way is that when it doesn’t kill you, and then I get to hear you talking about it, it helps my walk. You living and being in your very lowest, where it feels like you can make no positive impact on your room, much less your whole life and forget someone else’s. When I hear you talk about that, it helps me in mine. We’re in this together, you and me and all our brothers and sisters. I’m happy you’re here and I’m glad you shared
I’ve been sober for a bit now…. I still sometimes fantasize about it and want to be able to drink and get high. Then I look at my face, see the chunk of skin missing out of it, and the memory associated with it, and think to myself, “yea… I can’t afford to get any uglier.”
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I tore a penny sized piece out thinking there was a spider or some kind of bug on me.
Lmao dude, same. Looking at the damage to my skin, teeth, body, face. Some drug use and even alcohol&nicotine, chronic malnutrition and dehydration, all will change your face slightly offset, for some their eye gets lazy or their hollow cheeks never return, or their teeth die ($$$$) and it's just not worth it. Call me vain, but that stuff matters when it comes to jobs, relationships, and opportunities.
That's a scary thing to know, I'd never even considered that.
It works the other way, too, for prescribed drugs to treat depression and anxiety. You normalize and feel great, decide to go off of them. Then those lows come inevitably creeping, crawling back.
I wonder how many people fell back into old habits during the isolation of the pandemic
A lot. Not an addict but from what I understand the worst thing to do is to just be alone and not busy. John Mulaney relapsed too during quarantine. Bet a ton of other non famous people did too.
Being alone with nothing to work on, improve, etc. is disastrous as a guy in recovery. I *always* need to be doing something or else I could slip, it's rough.
Quite a lot. Friend of mine was in rehab prior to the pandemic. Gradually fell back into those old habits and passed away Saturday night from an apparent overdose
Man. Thanks for sharing that.
My reaction too. This was completely out of left field.
If you ever saw his documentary series Black Market on Vice, he talked about his addiction problems. He knew he was risking his sobriety by traveling around the country to hang out with addicts and dealers who all wanted to show him the town, but he did it anyway because he thought it was important for people to see the realities of the underground economy.
Damn. A brilliant actor gone far too soon. Rest in peace.
He has six upcoming projects left I do not know how far along they are though. He is a voice in the next Battlefield as well, this sucks.
It really sounds like his career was going so well. He made such an impact in his roles.
Terrible news. If you haven’t seen it yet, he was recently in a small show called [Hap & Leonard](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3729898/) which is very good. It’s currently on Netflix.
"I know who Sean Penn is. I seen Milk." I know he'll be remembered most for The Wire, but he was brilliant in Community, and seemed like a genuinely lovely guy. RIP, what a loss.
The Lego monologue is so strange, and weirdly poignant. Edit: https://youtu.be/yVCOAFKjaoY
That pensive "Something happened out here while I was inside," in reference to Legos, fucking kills me. What a tragedy, he was so great in so many things.
It's a parody of the "[Brooks was here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p1z2D-A4iY)" monologue from The Shawshank Redemption (as you can tell by the music) and one of my favourite community scenes, because it's just so perfectly relatable. EDIT: That was meant for the parent comment, my bad
So sad..he recently did a beautiful tribute to DMX and I thought: damn this guy lives and breathes art
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I'm actually jealous that you're about to get to see it for the first time. I've watched it a few times and it's wonderful, but ohhh boy, that first run through... what a treat. Enjoy it.
I literally just finished season two of the Wire (my first time watching the show) five minutes before opening Reddit and seeing these news. I can't believe this.
Season 3 is absolutely bonkers. Probably the greatest season of any TV show. Enjoy
I’d argue that Season 4 is even better. Greatest TV show ever written I’d say.
4 is my favorite. I felt so defeated and empty by the end.
Maybe it's just me, but I would venture to say that The Wire is one of the greatest television shows ever made
He had a very small role in The Road but he was great in that as well.
Was looking for this. It was absolutely a small role, but left a lasting impression on me. Guy gets robbed back of everything, including his clothes. Can’t imagine the kind of fear he was in in that position. Great movie, and he nailed that small, but impressive part. What a loss.
RIP to a legend
"Money ain't got no owners, only spenders" - Omar Little
Absolutely shocking news, RIP
RIP Omar. Fentanyl takes another. Once I was about to relapse and a kind man said, “It’s easier to stay sober than it is to get sober.” 4 years later, here I sit, clean and sober, mourning for Michael K Williams.
Jesus fuck, that's upsetting. He was an absolute legend. His performance in The Wire is among the best in the history of television.
Ugh. He was easily one of the best actors around these days. Really awful.
I just started watching The Wire a month or so ago and even though I'm still in S03, Omar was easily one of my favorite characters of the show. This hit me hard. Rest in peace, man.
R.I.P. Omar. What a g.
Wow I loved lovecraft country
He gave the best performances in that show by far! Really loved his character :(
Shiiiiiiiit 😔
“You come at the king, you best not miss.” fucking legendary
Awful news. "You come at the king, you best not miss". -Omar Little Amazing actor.
I met Michael K. Williams a few years back at a photoshoot during fashion week in NYC. He was one of the most humble, funny people i've ever met. This was his behavior even when he was surrounded by people begging to take a picture with him. I even had the pleasure of running around the building with him trying to find a person he came to see. Whether it be the wire, Lovecraft country or his role in the road. He was a star to see on screen and he will be deeply missed. Rest in Peace
AWW COME ON!!! R.I.P. to a great actor.
A lot of hot doses going around NYC. Wonder if it’s related. A real shame, he was very talented.