Bobby J. Brown, The Wire’s Officer Brown, Dies at 62

Bobby J. Brown, the actor who portrayed Officer Bobby Brown on HBO’s The Wire, died at 62 from smoke inhalation in a Maryland barn fire, an accident after he went inside the structure to jump‑start a car, per TMZ citing his daughter; his career also included roles in Homicide: Life on the Street, City by the Sea, Miss Virginia, Law & Order: SVU, Veep, and a return to HBO in the limited series We Own This City.