American actor James Ransone, who played Chester “Ziggy” Sobotka in the series, has died at the age of 46 The Wire, of the platform streaming HBO.
The news was released this Monday, December 22nd, by the North American press, which revealed that the actor died last Friday.
Born on June 2, 1979, in Baltimore, Maryland, Ransone was a member of the cast of It: Capítulo 2, The Black Phone, from the miniseries Generation Kill e of the series Bosch e Poker Face, among other productions.
James Ransone attended, from 1993 to 1997, the Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson, Maryland.
In 2021, the American revealed that he was a victim of sexual abuse by a tutor who worked in public schools in Maryland, recalls the The Guardianciting news from the Baltimore Sun. On the social network Instagram, the actor said that the abuse he suffered contributed to addiction problems, which included alcohol and heroin.
The Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that the actor died by suicide. James Ransone was married and had two children.