LA medical examiner reports Ransone, who played Chester ‘Ziggy’ Sobotka in the HBO crime drama, died by suicide
James Ransone, the American actor best known for his work in 12 episodes of The Wire, has died in Los Angeles.
Information from the Los Angeles medical examiner indicated Ransone, 46, died on Friday from suicide.
Ransone portrayed the dock worker turned petty criminal Chester “Ziggy” Sobotka in season two of David Simon’s critically acclaimed Baltimore crime drama The Wire. He later acted alongside Alexander Skarsgård in Generation Kill, also helmed by Simon.
In Generation Kill, Ransone played real-life marine Cpl Josh Ray Person across all seven episodes of the HBO show.
