US actor James Ransone, known for his role as Ziggy in the acclaimed drama The Wire, has died at 46.
He portrayed a clumsy petty criminal in the show’s second season. The Los Angeles Medical Examiner reported that Ransone died by suicide on Friday. In addition to The Wire, he appeared in the 2008 miniseries Generation Kill and in 2019’s It Chapter Two, based on Stephen King’s novel.
