RIP Michael Kenneth Williams

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Jmanghan Senior Member

RIP Michael Kenneth Williams

https://nypost.com/2021/09/06/actor-michael-k-williams-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/

Michael K. Williams, who played Omar Little on The Wire, Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire, and Leonard on Hap & Leonard... was found dead yesterday in his apartment by his nephew, no cause of death has been given, but it's suspected he passed away of an overdose.

2017-2021 has been some of the worst years of all time, so many people are passing.

RIP to one of the greatest actors of all time who played some of the best roles in television history. You will be missed, Michael.

Old Man Whirly! Restricted

For a moment I thought this was about Kenneth Williams, and I thought he'd be about 130.

marcssands14 Senior Member
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
For a moment I thought this was about Kenneth Williams, and I thought he'd be about 130.

Shame you don't know who Michael k Williams is smdh. Played one of the best tv characters of the 21st cent.

RIP to a acting legend

Jmanghan Senior Member

Originally posted by marcssands14
Shame you don't know who Michael k Williams is smdh. Played one of the best tv characters of the 21st cent.

RIP to a acting legend

Chalky White was an incredible character too.

Old Man Whirly! Restricted

Originally posted by marcssands14
Shame you don't know who Michael k Williams is smdh. Played one of the best tv characters of the 21st cent.

RIP to a acting legend

I watched the wire, its dated badly.

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by marcssands14
Shame you don't know who Michael k Williams is smdh.

I don’t know him from The Wire or Boardwalk Empire, but I loved him on Hap & Leonard. That show was criminally unappreciated and he did good work on it.

RIP

jaden_2.0 Awful
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
I watched the wire, its dated badly.

Yeah, can't disagree with that. Still a truly tremendous show for characters and plots but it's not fun seeing them starting with trying to get pager numbers then having no idea what MMS messages are. 😄

Old Man Whirly! Restricted

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Yeah, can't disagree with that. Still a truly tremendous show for characters and plots but it's not fun seeing them starting with trying to get pager numbers then having no idea what MMS messages are. 😄
😂 It was a product of the time and perhaps the first of those kind of serials. That said, I tried rewatching Braking bad a while back and just couldn't get in to it.

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Yeah, can't disagree with that. Still a truly tremendous show for characters and plots but it's not fun seeing them starting with trying to get pager numbers then having no idea what MMS messages are. 😄

I don’t mind that at all.
Technology moves so fast, shows/movies will seem dated after a few years, much less (Googles The Wire)
damn, nearly twenty! 😱

Jmanghan Senior Member

Idk, I still have The Wire up there with The Sopranos, and the people saying The Sopranos isn't one of the best shows of all time are smoking crack.

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by Jmanghan
Idk, I still have The Wire up there with The Sopranos, and the people saying The Sopranos isn't one of the best shows of all time are smoking crack.

I was always more of aChiklis/Shield guy, but Sopranos was a well made show, it’s true.

Old Man Whirly! Restricted

Originally posted by Jmanghan
Idk, I still have The Wire up there with The Sopranos, and the people saying The Sopranos isn't one of the best shows of all time are smoking crack.
Both were great. Sopranos holds up better today.

Jmanghan Senior Member

YouTube video

marcssands14 Senior Member

Never heard of that show in my life. What's it about,Hap and Leonard

marcssands14 Senior Member

Originally posted by riv6672
I don’t know him from The Wire or Boardwalk Empire, but I loved him on Hap & Leonard. That show was criminally unappreciated and he did good work on it.

RIP

Never heard of that show in my life. What's it about,Hap and Leonard

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by marcssands14
Never heard of that show in my life. What's it about,Hap and Leonard

It’s about Hap Collins, a white working class laborer who spent time in federal prison as a young man for refusing to be drafted into the military and serve in the Vietnam War, and Leonard Pine, a gay black Vietnam vet with serious anger issues.

marcssands14 Senior Member
Originally posted by riv6672
It’s about Hap Collins, a white working class laborer who spent time in federal prison as a young man for refusing to be drafted into the military and serve in the Vietnam War, and Leonard Pine, a gay black Vietnam vet with serious anger issues.

Interesting. I might take a look one day

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by marcssands14
Interesting. I might take a look one day

Its a lot more interesting than i made it sound, i just didnt want to build a wall of text. 😛