'The Wire' Star Al Brown Dead at 83



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Al Brown -- celebrated from "The Wire" -- has died ... This according to his loved ones.

The actor's daughter, Jenny, tells TMZ ... Al surpassed distant Friday successful Las Vegas arsenic a effect of his Alzheimer's battle. She tells america that earlier than helium got into appearing wrong the '90s, helium became a 29-12 months-old Air Force vet who served 2 excursions successful Vietnam ... So helium served honorably.

Jenny additionally says Al loved lovers of his and go gladsome to halt and chat with each radical who would possibly've identified him from the show implicit clip -- noting, helium cherished his job.

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Al volition prime beryllium remembered for playing Col. Stan Valchek wrong the deed HBO show from the 2000s. In the collection, helium was a excessive-ranking Baltimore PD official, regularly portrayed arsenic peculiarly corrupt ... Who'd springiness the main idiosyncratic instrumentality enforcement officials a hard clip of their investigations.

Valchek changed into a habitual idiosyncratic successful each 5 seasons of "The Wire," nevertheless performed a superior constituent successful Season 2 ... While helium turned into managing dock radical who'd gotten mixed up with the Greek mob. His idiosyncratic changed into portrayed arsenic a arrogant Polish-American -- a moving gag for the duration of.

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Great function, and Brown played it decently for years. In summation to his enactment connected HBO ... He besides impermanent starred successful different shows similar "Rescue Me," "Forensic Files," "Law & Order: SVU," "Commander successful Chief," "Maron," "The Hustler" and others.

Al adjacent had immoderate fantastic movies successful his repertoire ... Gambling tiny roles successful "The Replacements," "12 Monkeys," "Lay the Favorite," "Red Dragon," "Liberty Heights," and more. He had a knack for gambling hardboiled cops and instrumentality enforcement types ... And helium did 'em justness connected each occasion.

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He's survived via his youngsters and extended family. Al was 83.

RIP