{"id":335861,"date":"2021-09-07T03:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T00:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nephews-describe-sweetheart-late-actor-michael-k-williams\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T03:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T00:21:16","slug":"nephews-describe-sweetheart-late-actor-michael-k-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nephews-describe-sweetheart-late-actor-michael-k-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nephews describe &#8216;sweetheart&#8217; late actor Michael K. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Nephews describe &#8216;sweetheart&#8217; late actor Michael K. Williams<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe Wire\u201d actor Michael K. Williams was nothing like the tough-guy characters he portrayed, his nephews told The Post Monday, remembering their beloved \u201cUncle Mike\u2019\u2019 and revealing how excited he was to land an 2021 Emmy nomination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking, heartbreaking,\u2019\u2019 Arvance Williams said of his uncle, whose body was found in his Brooklyn penthouse Monday afternoon after an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent heroin overdose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still can\u2019t wrap my head around it,\u2019\u2019 said Arvance \u2014 who at one point emotionally walked alongside and touched the white state van that was set to transport the \u201cBoardwalk Empire\u201d TV star\u2019s body from his Williamsburg apartment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just with him. I just bought him some fabric so he can go to the Emmys, to put under his blazer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just got nominated for an Emmy, and he was going to LA, so he was real excited about that,\u201d the nephew said, referring to the recent recognition Williams received for his work as Montrose Freeman in HBO\u2019s \u201cLovecraft Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-family.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Williams' family and friends mourning the beloved actor outside of his apartment on September 6, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19366596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-family.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-family.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-family.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Williams\u2019 family and friends mourning the beloved actor outside of his apartment.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Messerschmidt for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou guys know him as the actor, we know him as Uncle Mike. We love him,\u2019\u2019 Arvance added to reporters outside Williams\u2019 apartment building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy uncle was such a sweet person. A lot of the characters he played as mean and gangster \u2014 it was a joke, because he was totally not that way,\u2019\u2019 the nephew said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018This guy is a really good actor.\u2019 Because if you knew Mike, he was a sweetheart. \u2026 A very gentle, gentle person. And I just look at some of the stuff he doing and I would just laugh \u2018cuz that\u2019s totally not him.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-apartment.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A city van carrying Williams' body away from the apartment building where he was found dead.\" class=\"wp-image-19366601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-apartment.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-apartment.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-apartment.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A city van carrying Williams\u2019 body away from the apartment building where he was found dead.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Messerschmidt for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-police.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"NYPD officers carrying evidence out of Williams' building.\" class=\"wp-image-19366609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-police.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-police.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-police.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NYPD officers carrying evidence out of Williams\u2019 building.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Messerschmidt for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arvance said he thought he would see his uncle this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were supposed to go to Pennsylvania. But we canceled that, and I was going to just touch base with him, come over to the house and cook. Sit down eat with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this happened. It\u2019s not even real. I can\u2019t even process it yet. I don\u2019t even believe it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Another nephew, Booker T. Williams, said of the late actor, \u201cMy uncle was loving. My family loved him. He loved our family. He loved our community, and he did everything in his power to show love.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Booker was captured in a Post photo sobbing alone at a table outside Williams\u2019 building after his dead uncle was discovered, telling someone on the phone, \u201cI found the body.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-nephew.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Williams' nephew Booker T. Williams crying near the building.\" class=\"wp-image-19366608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-nephew.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-nephew.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/williams-nephew.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Williams\u2019 nephew Booker T. Williams crying near the building.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jason Beeferman\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Law-enforcement sources said a relative found the body, although Arvance said it was not Booker.<\/p>\n<p>Arvance also talked about their uncle\u2019s lasting \u201clegacy\u2019\u2019 \u2014 which will reach far beyond acting \u2014 and his love for his home borough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrooklyn was everything for Mike. Brooklyn made him,\u2019\u2019 Arvance said of the East Flatbush native. \u201cHe loved Brooklyn. He was very proud of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just sorry his life was cut short because he had so many other positive things to do. But he lives through me, and I\u2019m gonna do some positive, great things to keep my uncle\u2019s legacy going.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/michael-k-williams-0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Actor Michael K. Williams was found dead of a suspected drug overdose in his Brooklyn apartment by his nephew on September 6, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19366595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/michael-k-williams-0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/michael-k-williams-0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/michael-k-williams-0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Actor Michael K. Williams was found dead of a suspected drug overdose in his Brooklyn apartment by his nephew on September 6, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arvance acknowledged his uncle\u2019s struggle with addiction, but said the actor did not open up to him about it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know he had addictions, but that\u2019s not something I really talked to him about,\u201d the nephew said. \u201cI would ask him how he\u2019s doing, but Mike was very private and he liked to deal with his things I guess in his own way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u201cHe had his little demons and he would fight it. But Mike was the type of person, he will fall and he would get back up. So he was always trying to do better. He was always fighting. 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