Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner listed Dec. 19, 2025 as the date of death and classified the manner as suicide, after police responded to a call at a residence.
- Widow Jamie McPhee posted an Instagram remembrance and referred to their children, Jack and Violet.
- HBO and Blumhouse issued public tributes highlighting his work on The Wire, Sinister and The Black Phone.
- A GoFundMe was created to support his family, and McPhee launched a mental‑health fundraiser benefiting NAMI.
- Reports revisited his earlier disclosures about childhood sexual abuse and recovery from heroin addiction, noting no charges followed his 2020 report to Baltimore County authorities.