Actor Michael K. Williams died of an accidental overdose that included fentanyl, the NYC medical examiner's office says.
of an accidental overdose that included the synthetic opioids fentanyl and p-fluorofentanyl, the New York City medical examiner's office said Friday.
Williams, whose work on HBO's"The Wire" and"Boardwalk Empire" was widely praised, died Sept. 6 at age 54. He had beenThe New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner said Williams had in his system cocaine and heroin, as well as the synthetic opioids.
Williams, a five-time Emmy Awards nominee, talked about his issues with drug use and getting clean in a 2012 interview withDennis Romero writes for NBC News and is based in Los Angeles.
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