In it, you wonder how you’ll be remembered and what your legacy will be. I remember you speaking of mortality, like you did in your post last year about Kobe. I remember the last text you sent me introducing me to your friend ‘Ava’ that you met Day One in your trailer – and me not believing that you kept your start-of-production gift for three whole years. I remember you taking the young actors to the beach on your own and talking to them about things I couldn’t – about being a young, Black man in New York at the time – and how grateful I was. I remember you sending me a picture of yourself as a young man and sharing with me that the boys whose story we were telling were a reflection of you – and we were going to get it right. I remember our work on the work, always connected and communicating and excavating and building because you were so open and ready to give your all. I remember nights out in NYC that summer and how you were so loved by the folks in your city. For just a flash to give some love – then gone. Strolling in like the King that you were. 'I remember the times you’d come on set even when you weren’t on the call sheet. Thank you for your wisdom.' – Damson Idris His work is already timeless, and it will live on.' – Riz Ahmed

He looked out for me in many ways when we worked together. His talent was only matched by the size of his heart – he was incredibly generous. He had a strength and sensitivity that rarely go together, all wrapped up in a style uniquely his own, both on and off set. Michael K Williams gave us some of TV's most iconic characters.

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