{"id":50525,"date":"2023-01-16T08:03:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/16\/the-wire-actor-al-brown-has-died-aged-83\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T08:03:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:03:07","slug":"the-wire-actor-al-brown-has-died-aged-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/16\/the-wire-actor-al-brown-has-died-aged-83\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Wire&#8217; actor Al Brown has died aged 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Al Brown, who performed Stan Valchek in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/hbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO<\/a>\u2018s legendary collection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/the-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Wire<\/em><\/a>, has died on the age of 83.<\/p>\n<p>The information was confirmed by his daughter Jenny to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/01\/15\/the-wire-star-al-brown-dead-dies-stan-valchek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a><\/em>, who report that Brown died in Las Vegas on Friday (January 13) after a battle with Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>After a 30-year profession within the US Air Force together with two excursions served in Vietnam, Brown received into performing within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, when he was in his fifties.<\/p>\n<p>His most well-known position got here as Valchek in <em>The Wire<\/em>, showing in all 5 seasons of the critically acclaimed present.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, he appeared in a bunch of TV reveals together with <em>Law and Order SVU<\/em> and\u00a0<em>The Hustler <\/em>and appeared in plenty of movies together with alongside Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt in Terry Gilliam\u2019s <em>12 Monkeys.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"z4ps_320nbA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Wire HD - Valchek on the Rampage\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z4ps_320nbA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of his profession on his LinkedIn web page, Brown wrote: \u201cHave learned almost everything the hard way. But, have never quit or stopped trying. Believe \u201chonor\u201d is a lifestyle and needs to be cherished. Have all the time wished to be an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cGave it up for family, the military, and obvious responsibilities for 30+ years. Back at it. Thank God for my TV Show <em>The Wire<\/em>!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See plenty of tributes to Brown on-line under.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Al \u201cValchek\u201d Brown. Goodnight, candy prince. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheWire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TheWire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FWsejjudqP\">pic.twitter.com\/FWsejjudqP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baltim\uaaaereTom (@BaltimoreTom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaltimoreTom\/status\/1614772598679941120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP the good Al Brown who handed away just lately. Al performed Valchek within the Wire and he did it so extraordinarily effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V7Bsxazn2V\">pic.twitter.com\/V7Bsxazn2V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BIG MAN ON CAMPUS (@JeffNadu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffNadu\/status\/1614330708771885057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Al Brown. End of Watch 1\/13\/23 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Valchek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Valchek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheWire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TheWire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yn1bMVj7FO\">pic.twitter.com\/Yn1bMVj7FO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ziggy Sobotka (@Ziggys_Duck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ziggys_Duck\/status\/1614286104525688832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Al Brown, who performed Stan Valchek in HBO\u2018s legendary collection The Wire, has died on the age of 83. The information was confirmed by his daughter Jenny to TMZ, who report that Brown died in Las Vegas on Friday (January 13) after a battle with Alzheimer\u2019s. 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