{"id":344462,"date":"2025-12-31T10:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T10:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344462\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T10:15:06","slug":"acclaimed-the-wire-actor-dies-at-71-after-short-illness-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344462\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed The Wire actor dies at 71 after short illness &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPQWFmZ3pkbGROaTdiemc0WnhudHU4Rnd1NnlVSm1KX2FNUnZTQjlfcEdBdWh6eHBqR0RjTGMtem1oVHJBZ0RVOTE1Y0FYaU9QbHNVeUlWeU95dno5Rkg1N3pORmNLYVhZWkZ5Q2RDWkpmR0VMNW45amlud3RtM3hJSlQzcE9ydmZLeDFFZmkzeURCYk9rYVpkbldR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Acclaimed The Wire actor dies at 71 after short illness<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5lOGw5OFpHTWw0Y0hJczl0WDN1UU5fNGxDWFZlVVRMTE9RbFdlclp4R3ZMRV9Wank4azhFZ0tjQUZLMHZaTWVucXk0UHQ2T0haT2g0T0hDMkl3aGFLMFBDTkhrM0YwUUlqMVdCZ0VjNjhjM0RaR0lyclEwaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Isiah Whitlock Jr, actor in The Wire and Veep, dies aged 71<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQeWJRWFhMczlpbFJNMjVDX3hac19Jbm5GejZKaWozNVlsdy1IMmlOdDZ6UUtCVjI5SVdTXzByZ0xISkhXS2lialRDT1VUemxUR3ZNcXRRV0xkSjYzY1k5VUJCUWFRVW1WRm81MVJxM09ma1AxYVA2NUhSVXBYWFlMeUx0Nl9nMzViQlU0YkhBY2ZNT00?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: \u2018The Wire\u2019 Actor &amp; Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Deadline<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNQmtsekwxZmdyOXF6ejRlOUpZa3lLenZBd09qZEJqdHZ3NlFLcWR3Z0psc1VnQS1VVUhiTWtYZGx5SHFsQU5obmlyaWxBRVZrcURYSUdoYlNSZzluc0J5a1VnUFNFNVktbHY5VXZCTk5sNzlYcDdUaFhHSm5yVFZGTjJyLU04SzNGdmE1QjRNM0Q0RUd2eVEtUzkxejlzUEVSSWdJRVFn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Isiah Whitlock Jr, actor known as The Wire\u2019s Clay Davis, dies aged 71<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBSMmJiOG44NVpXVVpQTlVDQXR3Y0QtaThVTE9qMm1fYlNiX29aNS1iYVh3OU80NVE1a014eVVJaThaM1NtVGdHTUFUaWEzejliNU1Cak9vdmN5UUFJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Isiah Whitlock Jr: The Wire and Veep actor dies at 71<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Acclaimed The Wire actor dies at 71 after short illness&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentIsiah Whitlock Jr, actor in The Wire and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-344462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}