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“The Wire” actor Lance Reddick dies at the age of 60

“The Wire” actor Lance Reddick dies at the age of 60
Lance Reddick was only 60 years old.
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The 60-year-old died “suddenly of natural causes” on Friday morning, his agent Mia Hansen told the AFP news agency. According to celebrity website TMZ, Reddick was found dead at his home in Studio City, in the greater Los Angeles area.

Reddick played police officer Cedrick Daniels in the HBO series The Wire, about the rivalries of drug dealer gangs in the US city of Baltimore. In the John Wick movies starring Keanu Reeves, Reddick played the receptionist at a hitman hotel.

Reddick also starred in the 2021 film Godzilla vs. Kong and in the series Bosch and American Horror Story. He became known through the HBO prison series “Oz – Hell Behind Bars”.

Just a year and a half ago, actor Michael K. Williams, also known from “The Wire”, died at the age of 54. Williams was found dead in his New York apartment on September 6, 2021, the cause of death being a drug overdose, according to coroners.

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