Actor Michael K. Williams, Most Famously Known as Omar on ‘The Wire,’ Dead at 54

Actor Michael K. Williams, Most Famously Known as Omar on ‘The Wire,’ Dead at 54

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Michael K. Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on “The Wire” created one of the most popular characters in television in recent decades, died Monday.

Williams was found dead Monday afternoon in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment, New York City police said. He was 54.

His death was being investigated as a possible drug overdose, the NYPD…

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