Actor Bobby J. Brown, best known for his role as Officer Bobby Brown on the hit HBO series “The Wire,” has died at age 62.
His daughter confirmed his death to TMZ, saying he died Tuesday after getting caught in a barn fire in Maryland.
The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner told the Daily News it had received the body of a Robert Joseph Brown, who died from diffuse thermal injury and smoke inhalation. His death was determined to be an accident.
His body was reportedly badly burned, though his daughter said she believes the wounds were incurred after he’d already succumbed to the smoke and heat.
According to TMZ, Brown’s death occurred as he was trying to jumpstart a vehicle inside the barn and somehow a blaze got ignited. He reportedly yelled out to family member for a fire extinguisher, but the structure was already engulfed in the flames by the time they reached him.
The outlet said his wife also suffered severe burns while trying to save Brown.
The Washington, D.C. native appeared in a dozen episodes of “The Wire,” according to IMDb. He often played a police officer, with other credits including cop roles on the Emmy-winning miniseries “The Corner,” three episodes of “Law & Order: SVU” and in the 2019 film “Miss Virginia,” starring Uzo Aduba.
In 2022, he notably played Baltimore Police Sergeant Thomas Allers in the HBO miniseries “We Own This City.” He portrayed the real-life officer who in 2018 was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his leadership of the brazenly corrupt Gun Trace Task Force.
Prior to his acting career, Brown was a formidable boxer who won five Golden Glove Championships, according to his bio on IMDb.
