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‘The Wire’ Star Wendell Pierce Arrested In Atlanta On Simple Battery Charge
Actor Wendell Pierce spent Saturday morning cooling his heels in an Atlanta jail on a simple battery charge.
The portly 52-year-old actor is best known for...
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RIP: Nathan Barksdale, Inspiration for ‘The Wire’
Nathan Barksdale has died at age 54 in a North Carolina federal prison. Barksdale was a Baltimore gangster who inspired several characters on HBO's...
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RIP: “Little” Melvin Williams, Drug Dealer Who Inspired and Acted in HBO’s “The Wire”
RIP to Melvin "Little Melvin" Williams, 73, who made me begin to rethink the drug war. You ended it free, brother. pic.twitter.com/UjtshQAmzz— David...