Thursday 19 May 2022 04:55 PM 'He's gone… he's cold': Wire star Michael K. Williams' nephew describes ... trends now
The nephew of The Wire star Michael K. Williams has spoken of the moment he found his uncle's body after a drug overdose.
Dominic Dupont immediately knew the star was dead and told 911 operators upon finding Williams, 54, in his Brooklyn penthouse on September 6 last year. ''He's gone. He's cold.''
Dupont was speaking about his uncle, made famous by the role of Omar Little in groundbreaking HBO series The Wire, to Jada Pinkett Smith on an episode of Red Table Talk that focused on the dangers of the deadly opiate fentanyl.
'I think a lot of what happened — what I saw on September 6 — I'm still processing,' Dupont said. 'Michael was an amazing human being.'
Describing the moment he found Williams, Dupont said he stuck his head in the house and said: ''Uncle Mike, are you in here?'' And I observed him deceased.'
Dominic Dupont (L) and Michael K. Williams attend the pre-screening of the HBO documentary they made, 'Raised In The System', on April 3 2018. Dupont found the body of Williams on Sept 6 last year, having died of a drug overdose
Michael K. Williams at the 'Respect' film premiere on Aug 8 2021, just a month before his death
Dominic Dupont, the nephew of the late Michael K Williams, who was speaking to Jada Pinkett Smith on Red Table Talk
Michael Kenneth Williams speaks with his nephew Dominic DuPont in the maximum security prison where Dominic was serving a 25 year to life sentence for a 2nd degree murder conviction as a teen. He was granted clemency in 2017 after serving 20 years
Dupont entered Williams' house and knew that something was not right when there was no music playing
Dupont explained that he had gone with his wife to visit his uncle after not hearing from him for two days.
'I went upstairs, opened his door and it was quiet - Michael always played music. I stuck my head in and said ''Uncle Mike? Are you in here?''
He knew immediately that Williams had died, surrounded by drug paraphernalia.
Reporters were already gathering outside his window as news spread of the death of the 5-time-Emmy-nominated actor within an hour.
Williams had fought with addiction in the past, which he had been candid about during his career, but Dupont said he 'was doing well' before the relapse.
'He was working on a book. It did not appear to me that Mike was sliding back into addiction,' he said.
Williams mentored his nephew even after Dupont was convicted of murder at 19 years of age in 1997, receiving a 25 year jail sentence for shooting and killing a man to protect his twin brother in a fight.
Dupont was granted clemency for his leadership and positive impact in the prison system and released from prison in 2018 after serving 20 years.
Williams is seen above as Omar Little from The Wire (right) and Chalky White from Boardwalk Empire (right). Dupont stuck his head into Williams' living room and said ''Uncle Mike? Are you in here?''
Dupont discovered Williams inside his penthouse apartment, located in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg
He made an HBO documentary with
