Actor James Ransone, best known for his role as Ziggy Sobotka in “The Wire,” has died in an apparent suicide.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner listed his cause of death as suicide on Friday.
He was 46.
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He was a married father of two, and wife Jamie McPhee posted a fundraiser for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in her social media profile.
Ransone’s cause of death was listed as “hanging,” while his place of death was listed as “shed.” His body is ready for release, the LA County Medical Examiner’s records
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