{"id":30204,"date":"2023-03-18T07:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T07:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=30204"},"modified":"2023-03-18T07:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T07:49:53","slug":"hero-is-deadlance-reddick-star-of-john-wick-dies-aged-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/03\/18\/hero-is-deadlance-reddick-star-of-john-wick-dies-aged-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero is dead:Lance Reddick, star of John Wick, dies aged 60"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lance Reddick, actor known for roles in The Wire and the John Wick franchise, has died at the age of 60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to multiple outlets, his representative confirmed that he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. The actor had been recently doing interviews for his role in John Wick: Chapter 4, released next week. Earlier this week, he chose not to attend the film\u2019s New York premiere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reddick\u2019s best-known role was playing Baltimore police lieutenant Cedric Daniels in HBO\u2019s hit crime drama The Wire. He had originally auditioned for the roles of Bubbles and Bunk Moreland. It was a rare prestige show to have a largely black cast at a time when television was mostly white. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until I got off The Wire that I realised that wasn\u2019t the normal experience,\u201d Reddick said to the Guardian.\u201d In retrospect I see that it was really extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a 2019 interview, he referred to it as \u201can iconic piece of history\u201d and that he felt \u201cvery fortunate and proud of the work we did\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reddick\u2019s TV roles also included Oz, Lost, Bosch and a lead role in sci-fi drama Fringe. Before his death he also filmed the part of Zeus for the upcoming TV adaptation of Percy Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the big screen, Reddick\u2019s credits included White House Down, Sylvie\u2019s Love, Brother to Brother and a role in the blockbusting John Wick franchise. As well as his posthumous performance in the fourth film, he is believed to have filmed a role for a spin-off, Ballerina, led by Ana de Armas. He will also be seen in the upcoming remake of White Men Can\u2019t Jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lance<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lance Reddick in The Wire Photograph: David Lee\/Hbo\/Blown Deadline\/Kobal\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wire creator David Simon released a statement to the Hollywood Reporter to express his grief. \u201cA consummate professional, a devoted collaborator, a lovely soul and a friend,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis is just gutting and way, way, way too soon for any of us who knew and loved him to contemplate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendell Pierce, Reddick\u2019s co-star in the show paid tribute to him on Twitter. \u201cA man of great strength and grace,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAs talented a musician as he was an actor. The epitome of class. A sudden unexpected sharp painful grief for our artistic family. An unimaginable suffering for his personal family and loved ones. Godspeed my friend. You made your mark here. RIP\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another fellow cast member Isiah Whitlock Jr wrote: \u201cShocked and saddened by the news that Lance Reddick has passed away. Truly heartbreaking. R.I.P. My friend. You will be missed. God speed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn also tweeted: \u201cLance Reddick was an incredibly nice guy, and an incredibly talented actor,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis is heartbreaking. My love goes out to all his family, friends and collaborators.\u201d Stephen King tweeted that he was a \u201cwonderful actor; wonderful man\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reddick is survived by his wife, Stephanie, and children, Yvonne Nicole and Christopher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lance Reddick, actor known for roles in The Wire and the John Wick franchise, has died at the age of 60. According to multiple outlets, his representative confirmed that he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. The actor had been recently doing interviews for his role in John Wick: Chapter 4, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":30205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[10618,9951,3193,6573,287,6083,7234,5241,10205,5455,6225,1445,6789,6328,2490,11493,7356,8973,9729,9727,9730,3874,7123,10634,6220,12309,12692,990,8486,6943,421,1664,9728,5350,6348,6571,2982,3954,10415,594],"class_list":["post-30204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-actor","tag-age","tag-baltimore","tag-black","tag-children","tag-dead","tag-death","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-family","tag-friends","tag-god","tag-grief","tag-hbo","tag-hollywood","tag-interview","tag-jackson","tag-james-gunn","tag-john-wick","tag-lance-reddick","tag-las-angeles","tag-lead","tag-los-angeles","tag-lost","tag-love","tag-men","tag-musician","tag-new-york","tag-nice","tag-oz","tag-police","tag-stephen","tag-the-wire","tag-twitter","tag-us","tag-white","tag-white-house","tag-will","tag-work","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}