The beloved actor, renowned for his role as Omar Little in The Wire, was found dead at his Brooklyn apartment. He was 54 years old.
“It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing of Emmy-nominated actor Michael Kenneth Williams,” his longtime representative, Marianna Shafran, said in a statement. “They ask for your privacy while grieving this insurmountable loss.”
His cause of death has not officially been confirmed at this time, but several reports have suggested he died from a drug overdose.
As fellow actors and filmmakers the world over have been sharing tributes to the late star, many fans have been sharing some of Williams’ most powerful quotes.
One quote of Williams’ has gone viral on Twitter Tuesday morning and it’s from a relatively recent interview with Men’s Health magazine in October 2020.
It reads:
“I spent a lot of my younger years not feeling beautiful. When I look back at my pictures now as a kid, I’m like, ‘Damn, you were actually beautiful.’ I couldn’t see it back then. That’s a large thing that makes me go back to working with the youth in my community. I let them know that they’re beautiful.”
This quote has been liked more than 40,000 times on Twitter on Tuesday morning after it was shared by a fan.
Here are some of Williams’ other powerful quotes.
