Actor Lance Reddick, police chief on 'The Wire,' dies at age 60

LOS ANGELES, USA – Actor Lance Reddick, best known for his commanding presence as a no-nonsense police chief on the acclaimed television dramaaction-film series, died on Friday, March 17, at age 60, his publicist said.

Reddick died suddenly on Friday morning of natural causes, according to a statement issued by the publicist, Mia Hansen. No further details about the circumstances of his death were immediately disclosed.citing law enforcement sources, reported the performer had been found dead at his home in the Studio City district of Los Angeles at around 9:30 am.John Wick

franchise, in which Reddick reprised his role as a hotel manager named Charon, an ally of the title character, a professional assassin forced out of retirement, played by Keanu Reeves.The Wire , set in his hometown of Baltimore. The show, which aired for five seasons beginning in 2002, was widely hailed as one of television’s greatest dramas for its gritty portrait of urban struggle as told from the perspective of police, narcotics dealers and the people caught between them.

Tall, with a shaved head and a flair for portraying low-key but imposing authority figures, Reddick later played a similar role as a big-city police chief on the Los Angeles-based cop dramaHe also appeared in a pair of shows co-created by J.J. Abrams, starting with season four of the ABC series, a Fox network series in which he played the head of an FBI unit investigating the paranormal.

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