Williams’ breakout role came in 2002 when he starred in HBO’s The Wire as Omar Little, a criminal who roamed Baltimore, according to People.

However, the actor grappled with drug addiction since his teen years in the Vanderveer Projects of Brooklyn’s East Flatbush neighborhood.

During the Red Table Talk conversation, Duponte recalled the day he found Williams, 54, dead in his apartment of an apparent drug overdose in Sept. 2021, according to USA Today.

Duponte was out shopping with his wife, and had reached out to his uncle the night before but didn’t receive a response, which caused him to become “concerned.”

“We made the decision to go to his house and I went upstairs, opened up his door and it was quiet — Michael always played music — that wasn’t the case,” he said during the show.

Dupont said he remembers walking through the doorway and calling out for Williams and finding his body.

“I immediately called 911,” he continued, adding that the dispatcher asked if he wanted to “start some compressions,” which Dupont explained would be futile.

“I’m telling you, he’s deceased. He’s gone,” Dupont said to the 911 operator, recalling how his uncle was cold to the touch.

“Mike was doing well,” Dupont added. “He was working on a book. It did not appear to me that Mike was sliding back into addiction.”

However, Dupont noted that Williams was an actor and was capable of persuading others that he was managing his life well.

“He was an actor,” Dupont said. “You can fool people. You can convince people that you’re okay.”

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