'The Wire' Star Lance Reddick Dead at 60

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Lance Reddick, famous for his work on HBO's "The Wire" and the "John Wick" movie franchise has died ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Lance's body was discovered at his Studio City home Friday morning around 9:30 AM. His cause of death is currently unclear, but our law enforcement sources say it appears to be natural.

Lance had been doing a press tour for the fourth installment of the 'John Wick' franchise -- he plays Charon in the movie -- and had a guest appearance scheduled for next week on Kelly Clarkson's show.


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FINAL DAYS

Lance posted a selfie video on social media Wednesday morning, appearing to be at home with his dogs instead of attending the 'Wick 4' premiere in New York City ... though he never mentioned why he wasn't going to the premiere.

Before his work on 'Wick,' Lance was best known for playing fictional Baltimore Police Department officer Cedrick Daniels on the hit HBO series "The Wire" ... with his character appearing in all five seasons.

Lance also had recurring roles on a bunch of popular TV shows ... including "Fringe," "Bosch," "Oz" and "Lost."

In addition to his success on TV, Lance also acted on the big screen outside the 'Wick' franchise ... with credits in films like "Angel Has Fallen" and "Godzilla Vs. Kong."

Lance has some unreleased projects in the works ... he plays the Greek god Zeus in the upcoming Disney+ series, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians."


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LAST TIME WE SAW HIM ... TMZ.com

Born and raised in Baltimore, Lance earned a music degree from the University of Rochester and he got his MFA from Yale.

Lance was 60.

RIP
 
I’m still on /tv/ and I noticed that they saved posts about Reddick’s thoughts on the coronavirus vaccine:

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I was just surprised that Lance actually used Twitter, since I didn’t think he would need one.
 
I remember him mainly from Fringe. What are the chances his gig on Fringe was what got him cast in the Resident Evil show on Netflix?
 

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I stopped playing the game but I still joke with my friends doing impressions of Zavala, best part of that awful game to be honest.
If I'm honest, his twitter Zavala stuff is way better than the garbage netflix RE stuff. Lance was a great voice actor, he had a lot of presence.
 
Natural causes, so the night before he did 10 lines of coke, shot up with heroin, and drank a couple 40's. Naturally he died.
 
I'll have to take your word on that, I stopped after Beyond Light. I keep wanting to come back but I hate grouping and LFG Destiny is terrible.
You made the right choice. You didn't have to see the game die in the hands of neo-pronoun adorned, Marvel movie quipping gay strippers.
 
You made the right choice. You didn't have to see the game die in the hands of neo-pronoun adorned, Marvel movie quipping gay strippers.
I won't lie, the lean in to the alphabet people bungie did also played into my desire not to pay for Destiny expansions.
 
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