{"id":362778,"date":"2025-12-22T00:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/362778\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T00:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:52:10","slug":"spike-lee-remembers-late-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/362778\/","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee Remembers Late Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAmid news of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-ransone\">James Ransone<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/james-ransone-dies-46-1236654701\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">death at age 46<\/a>, Hollywood is mourning the actor known for roles in IT Chapter Two and The Wire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/spike-lee\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spike-lee\" data-tag=\"spike-lee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spike Lee<\/a>, who directed Ransone in Inside Man (2006) and Red Hook Summer (2012), paid tribute to the late actor with a social media post on Sunday, following Ransone\u2019s deathy by suicide on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cRest In Peace To My Dear Brother, MR. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-ransone\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-ransone\" data-tag=\"james-ransone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JAMES RANSONE<\/a>,\u201d he wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSivWW3jZRE\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>. \u201cWe Rocked Together On RED HOOK SUMMER And INSIDE MAN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/james-ransone-dies-46-1236654701\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P1139L0R-e1766347837189.jpg\" alt=\"James Ransone\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/it-welcome-to-derry-finale-cameo-different-meaning-movie-1236652961\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sophia-Lillis-Jessica-Chastain-It-2-shot.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh in 'IT: Welcome to Derry'; Jessica Chastain as Beverly Marsh in 'IT: Chapter Two' (2019)\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cRIP,\u201d wrote director Larry Clark with a photo of Ransone in his 2002 film Ken Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tActress Mya Taylor, who starred alongside Ransone in Sean Baker\u2019s Tangerine (2015), also paid her respects in a statement. \u201cRIP James Ransone,\u201d she <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSiqfRCktVh\/?hl=en\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThis hurt me so bad. Such a sweet and funny guy. He helped me deal with fame. He could light up a room with his smile and dimples. So funny and sweet and he will be missed. Love this man so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-3.31.50\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"572\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRansone was <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/james-ransone-dies-46-1236654701\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">found dead<\/a> by hanging on Friday in Los Angeles, having apparently died by suicide, according to the county medical examiner\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe is survived by wife Jamie McPhee and their son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIf you or someone you know is struggling with difficult life circumstances or uncomfortable thoughts and emotions call or text 988 to reach the national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid news of James Ransone\u2018s death at age 46, Hollywood is mourning the actor known for roles in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,178813,13441,57088],"class_list":{"0":"post-362778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-james-ransone","10":"tag-obituary","11":"tag-spike-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}