James Ransone, who played Ziggy Sobotka in “The Wire” has di£d at the age of 46.
Ransone di£d by su!cide in Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 19, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
He was a married father of two, and wife Jamie McPhee posted a fundraiser for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in her social media profile.
Ransone’s cause of de@th was listed as “hanging,” while his place of de@th was listed as “shed.”
His body is ready for release, the LA County Medical Examiner’s records stated.
Ransone portrayed Frank Sobotka’s (Chris Bauer) son, Baltimore dock worker Ziggy, in the second season of “The Wire.” He appeared in 12 episodes total in 2003.
Ransone also had roles in the shows “Generation Kill,” “Treme” and “Bosch.” His final TV appearance was in a Season 2 episode of “Poker Face” that aired in June.
In film, Ransone starred in “Prom Night” (2008), “Sinister” (2012), “Sinister 2” (2015), “Tangerine” (2015), “Mr. Right” (2015), “It Chapter Two (2019), “The Black Phone” (2021) and “Black Phone 2” (2025).
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In 2021, Ransone came forward as a s£xual abuse survivor.
The actor said that his former tutor, Timothy Rualo, s£xually abused him numerous times at his childhood home in Phoenix, Maryland, over the course of six months in 1992.
Ransone made the accusation public by posting a lengthy note on Instagram that he sent his alleged sexual abuser.
“We did very little math,” Ransone recalled. “The strongest memory I have of the abuse was washing blood and feces out of my sheets after you left. I remember doing this as a 12 year old because I was too ashamed to tell anyone.”
The alleged abuse led to a “lifetime of shame and embarrassment” for Ransone, who told Rualo his actions propelled him to become an alcoholic and a heroin addict.
After getting sober in 2006, Ransone said he was “ready to confront” his past. He later reported the accusations to Baltimore County police in March 2020.
A detective then told Ransone in September that prosecutors “had no interest in pursuing the matter any further,” according to his email.
The Baltimore County State’s Attorney Office ultimately did not bring charges following the police investigation, the Baltimore Sun reported.
