Some Wire related stories

Just a few stories related to The Wire I found over the past couple of months.

First the real life Fran Boyd, whose life and struggle with addiction is chronicled in the book and HBO mini-series The Corner (also co-written by The Wire creators David Simon and Ed Burns), married Donnie Andrews this past summer. Andrews is one of the real life characters on which Omar Little is based. Their story was featured in this NY Times article.

Also in the "real life basis for the character" category is "Little Melvin" Williams. Williams is the primary model for the character Avon Barksdale. He has an IQ around 160 and is often credited as the man who brought heroin to Baltimore. He was brought down in a wiretap case by The Wire co-creator Ed Burns and server 26.5 years in prison. He currently plays the role of the Deacon on the Wire.

And finally Felicia "Snoop" Pearson who plays Felicia "Snoop" Pearson in seasons 3 & 4 of The Wire has released an autobiography detailing her life. She was a three pound crack baby at birth and was sentenced to 8 years for second degree murder when she was 14 years old. In season 4, Snoop and her partner (in crime) Chris were murdering their competition, dumping the bodies in vacant homes and nailing them shut again to hide the evidence. Here's Snoop in the first scene of the season 4 premiere -



If women come any harder than Snoop, I don't want to know about it.