‘He’s gone… he’s cold,’ says Michael K. Williams’ nephew on discovering the actor’s body

The nephew of The Wire star Michael K. Williams has spoken of the moment he found his uncle’s body after a drug overdose.

Dominic Dupont knew there was nothing he could do to save the star and told 911 operators: ‘He’s gone. He’s cold.’

Williams, 54, was pronounced dead in his Brooklyn penthouse on September 6 last year leaving the showbiz world reeling. He starred as Omar Little in groundbreaking HBO series The Wire, and was known for the distinct scar on his face.

Dupont opened up about the tragedy this week to Jada Pinkett Smith on an episode of Red Table Talk about deadly opiate fentanyl, revealing that Williams, who had battled addiction in the past, seemed as though he was ‘doing well’.

‘I think a lot of what happened — what I saw on September 6 — I’m still processing,’ Dupont said.

‘Michael was an amazing human being.’

Describing the moment he found Williams, Dupont said he stuck his head in the house and said: ”Uncle Mike, are you in here?” And I observed him deceased.’