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^ he died
OFFICIAL THE WIRE THREAD.. ''The game is the game"
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I didn't know that either. That's pretty cool.
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Melvin Williams who Avon was kinda based on played the deacon.
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Dog the wire was greatness
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That was cool seeing a young Prop Joe (one of my fav characters). I remember when I first seen him on the basketball court in that suit he was just some corny fat ****.Young Omar was real small. I was expecting it'd be the other guy.
The deacon was the real life Avon?Melvin Williams who Avon was kinda based on played the deacon.
weebey gif.
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Real ****. Wood Harris even looks like a younger him.
http://www.biography.com/people/melvin-williams-490984#awesm=~oFjZR5GFXyHZp7
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Wow, didn't know that about the Deacon either! Good stuff
Yea Donnie Andrews died in 2012 |I
Yea Donnie Andrews died in 2012 |I
Thats My Word
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*weebay.gif* indeed
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Nike Jordan
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Avon was also based on Nathan Barksdale, who also was a boxer.
His nickname was Bodie.
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This is the real Jay Landsman. He played Lt. Mello in the show though.
Omar's muscle Donnie was the real-life Omar. He passed away in 2012.
Omar's muscle Donnie was the real-life Omar. He passed away in 2012.
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So many non actors but somehow it never showed.
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"I don't know about cards but ummm..I think these fo' fives beat a full house, Yo banker cash me out jo!!!!!!"
"boy you got me confused with a man who repeats himself"
Omar was that dude
"boy you got me confused with a man who repeats himself"
Omar was that dude
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"Did he have hands? Did he have a face??? Then it wasn't us.."
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One of my favorite scenes:
The Wire is probably the most quotable show of all-time.
The Wire is probably the most quotable show of all-time.
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I hated Lester Freeman.
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He was manipulative.
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He was alright in my book. Where he messed up was wifing up the stripper Shardene. 
"Thirteen years and four months."
"Thirteen years and four months."
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He was alright in my book. Where he messed up was wifing up the stripper Shardene.
"Thirteen years and four months."
I always thought he was trolling when it came to her
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Lester Freeman was the real mvp dawg.
You trippin
You trippin
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Oh okay. Kinda poetic how they killed him off right before Omar jumped out the window
This is the real Jay Landsman. He played Lt. Mello in the show though.
Omar's muscle Donnie was the real-life Omar. He passed away in 2012.
So this must mean in real life Melvin and Omar must've buried the hatchet.
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Lester was my favorite cop along with Bunk. And Lester's girl was
