# RIP Michael K Williams

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-k-williams/950184>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [September 6, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-k-williams/950184 "2021-09-06T20:23:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-k-williams/950184/21 "2021-09-08T11:34:22Z")

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> [@scabpicker](#):
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> I mean, Mark Hamill is going to remembered for being Luke Skywalker, barring something unprecedented happening. He’s surely kept working and has done better work, but that’s what he’s going to be remembered for most.

Hamill to me is The Joker from the Batman animated series/games then Cockknocker from Jay and Silent Bob Strikes back THEN Luke Skywalker (not much of a Star Wars fan, personally).

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-k-williams/950184/22 "2021-09-08T12:17:12Z")

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> [@Aspenglow](#):
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> He was riveting in every role he played. What an enormous waste of talent and tragic to lose him so soon.
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> RIP, Mr. Williams.

Riveting is a perfect word. I’m at a loss to think of another actor that commanded the screen like he did.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-k-williams/950184/23 "2021-09-08T16:58:53Z")

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A nice essay about Williams’ career.

> **[Michael K. Williams Was So Much More Than Omar Little](https://consequence.net/2021/09/michael-k-williams-dies-remembrance-essay/)**
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> To watch Williams on screen, whether he was playing gangsters or stick-up men, was to behold someone in total command of their craft.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-k-williams/950184/24 "2021-09-24T21:12:33Z")

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Confirmed: drug overdose:

> **[Michael K. Williams died of an accidental overdose, medical examiner...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/24/entertainment/michael-k-williams-cause-of-death/index.html)**
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> Actor Michael K. Williams died from "acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine," the New York City Medical Examiner's Officer has determined.

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