As the news broke out, his fellow actors took it to social media to pay their tributes. His The Wire co-star Isiah Whitlock Jr shared his shock and sadness over the loss tweeting, “Shocked and saddened by the death of Michael K Williams. One of the nicest brothers on the planet with the biggest heart.”
Wendell Pierce also wrote: “The depth of my love for this brother, can only be matched by the depth of my pain learning of his loss.”
