According to REVOLT, “The Wire” actor Michael K. William’s memory and legacy were celebrated on Tuesday, September 14, at a private funeral service in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
About 150 of Williams’ friends and family, including Queen Latifah, were and “The Wire” creator David Simon and other castmates from the popular sitcom gathered at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Cathedral on North Front Street and Pine Street in remembrance of the actor.
Williams was put to rest in Dauphin County, his mother Paula Thompson-Williams’ hometown.
As previously reported, Williams’ was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment and drugs on September 6 of a possible drug overdose.
A few hours following her Williams’ burial, castmate Jurnee Smollett shared an emotional post about the late actor.
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“My brother, my heart hurts so. A part of my brain refuses to accept it … shitty part about grief-it goes in stages. For me, it started w/ denial,” she captioned a photo of her and Williams. “When @jakesmollett called to tell me, my brain went, ‘Hell naw, that’s not true, let me call Michael.’ And I called him. I called him over & over until my brain said, ‘Stop, he’s gone.’ I couldn’t breathe. [It’s] taken a while for my brain to metabolize how the world can continue to spin [without] him here in the physical form.”
“He was supposed to be here with us this week in LA for the Emmys,” she said of the actor who is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. “He was supposed to see how big [my son] Hunter is. We were gonna dance, celebrate, cry,” Smollett continued. “Instead, our brother was laid to rest today. I still can’t make sense of it. Perhaps it’s selfish of me to want to hold onto this beautiful man that came into my life & forever changed it.”
