Actor Lance Reddick, star of ‘The Wire’ series, dies
The comedian was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Friday.
Lance Reddick, known for his role as a zealous policeman in the series “The Wire”, died Friday at the age of 60.
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American actor Lance Reddick, famous for his role in the action movies “John Wick” with Keanu Reeves, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, in the Studio City district, according to the specialized site TMZ. The cause of his death is “natural”, explained to AFP his agent, Mia Hansen. “Lance will be greatly missed,” she added.
The Wire, a series that also revealed Idris Elba
The actor made a name for himself in Hollywood in 2000, thanks to the HBO series “Oz”. He played a detective infiltrated in prison to fight once morest drug trafficking, which quickly sinks into addiction. But it is with “The Wire” (On listening) that he really broke through. Often described as one of the best television series of all time, it followed the fight of a police anti-narcotics squad once morest gangs in the city of Baltimore.
Lance Reddick played Lieutenant Cedric Daniels, a conscientious officer and a bit of an idealist. “The Wire” has made several of its stars famous, including Idris Elba and Michael Kenneth Williams, who died in 2021 and was widely appreciated for his character of Omar Little, a homosexual thug who applies a strict code of conduct. Lance Reddick was married to Stephanie Reddick and had two children, according to his agent.
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