Actor Michael K. Williams died of accidental overdose that included fentanyl, cocaine

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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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The Democrats are very happy to flood our country with more deadly drugs, with their wide open boarder policies.

Natural, Homicide or Accidental...there are few selections to choose from when pronouncing a death.

Why is it called “accidental” overdose ?

remember when heroin was a threat? fentanyl is far worse ask the Sacklers

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What.A.Waste. Such talent .

was he wearing a mask ?

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Isn't that how all the celebrities have died by overdose of fentanyl? Are they trying to set a bad trend?

Was it an accident that somehow he took/ingested fentanyl? Just tell the truth, he died of a self-induced drug overdose. Maybe he was in a lot of physical pain & the drugs helped him to get through each day.

Drugs are bad

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