‘The Wire’ Alum Lance Reddick Dead at 60: Ben Stiller, Questlove, Stephen King and More Stars React
usmagazine.comSaying goodbye to a bright star. Lance Reddick‘s Hollywood colleagues sang his praises as both an actor and a human being after the Wire alum died at 60 on Friday, March 17.“Acclaimed actor Lance Reddick passed away suddenly this morning from natural causes,” the actor’s rep said in a statement to Us Weekly on Friday. “He is survived by his wife Stephanie Reddick and children Yvonne Nicole Reddick and Christopher Reddick.
Donations in his memory can be made to momcares.org in Baltimore, his hometown. Lance will be greatly missed. Please respect his family’s privacy at this time.”Among the first to pay tribute to the Maryland native was Wendell Pierce, who starred alongside Lance on the HBO crime drama The Wire.“A man of great strength and grace,” Pierce, 59, wrote via Twitter on Friday. “As talented a musician as he was an actor.
The epitome of class. A sudden unexpected sharp painful grief for our artistic family. An unimaginable suffering for his personal family and loved ones.
Godspeed my friend. You made your mark here. RIP.”Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn chimed in, “Lance Reddick was an incredibly nice guy and an incredibly talented actor.
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