(5 Apr 2023)
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New York, 13 December 2016
1. Medium shot Michael K. Williams posing for photos at premiere of 'Assassin's Creed'
2. Medium shot Michael K. Williams speaks to reporter
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New York, 3 April 2018
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael K. Williams, actor:
"Yes ma'am, I used to be a dancer, yeah - mostly house music. I danced with Crystal Waters, I danced for Technotronics featuring Ya Kid K. Shout out to Ya Ya if you ever hear this. Still love you, girl. I've worked with Ginuwine, Missy Elliott. Yeah, I had some fun in my dance career."
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New York, 18 November 2013
4. Wide shot; zoom Michael K. Williams posing for photographers
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New York, 3 April 2018
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael K. Williams, actor:
"You know, I was angry and I had a lot of energy. I was very angry. A lot of my anger was turned inward, you know. I hurt myself a lot, but I was angered none the same. And dancing was like... if, you know, I look back at, you know, a lot of my choreography and my energy when I used to be on a... and how it was just like, just this... it was like a, always, it was like a battle cry, just, 'Aah!' And I used to just...You know, it was such an outlet. I was not the best dancer, you know, by far, but I was definitely the most passionate. I always had this energy. You always felt me whether I was in sync or not with the other guys."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York, 27 November 2017
6. Medium shot Michael K. Williams speaking to reporter
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New York, 18 November 2013
7. Medium shot actor Michael K. Williams speaks to reporter
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New Jersey, 14 February 2020
8. STILL IMAGE: Michael K. Williams, right, speaks at news conference on prisoner
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Washington, D.C., 9 May 2018
9. STILL IMAGE: Michael K. Williams attends Vote For Justice: An Evening of Empowerment with activists and artists
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Los Angeles, 4 November 2009
10. STILL IMAGE: Michael K. Williams, left, Charlize Theron, center, and Viggo Mortensen, cast members in "The Road" at AFI Fest
STORYLINE:
A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death.
Irvin Cartagena's plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute drugs was entered in Manhattan federal court. Sentencing was set by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams for Aug. 18, when Cartagena will face a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and the possibility of as many as 40 years.
The famed actor, who also starred in films and other TV series including “Boardwalk Empire,” overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. Authorities said he died hours after buying the heroin from Cartagena on a Brooklyn sidewalk in a deal that was recorded by a security camera.
Cartagena, 39, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors stipulating that the mix of heroin and fentanyl he sold Williams resulted in his death. His lawyer, Sean Maher, declined comment.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, who is not related to the actor, said in a statement that the sale occurred in “broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy.”
“In doing so, he dealt the fatal dose that killed Michael K. Williams,” Williams said.
Prosecutors said Cartagena and his alleged co-conspirators continued to sell fentanyl-laced heroin around residential apartment buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan even after they learned of the actor's death. Another defendant in the case pleaded guilty Tuesday.
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