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Medical Examiner Says James Ransone Died by Suicide at 46

Records list hanging in a shed, the body ready for release, the inquiry continuing.

Overview

  • Los Angeles police responded to a residence on Friday, completed a death investigation report, and said no foul play was suspected.
  • Official records identify the manner of death as hanging and the location as a shed, with the medical examiner’s case still open.
  • Ransone is survived by his wife, Jamie McPhee, and two children, and McPhee highlighted a National Alliance on Mental Illness fundraiser on her social media.
  • He was best known for roles in The Wire’s second season and It: Chapter Two, with recent credits including The Black Phone films and a June episode of Poker Face.
  • In recent years he publicly disclosed childhood sexual abuse and spoke about achieving sobriety around 2006 after years of heroin use.