"It's a big, big, big loss,"
"I'm going to miss him for the rest of my life."
"If you were around him, he made everybody feel good in his presence. He would radiate. I would put that over his acting."
"That was just his nature, he made people laugh. Everybody was in on the joke."
Isiah Whitlock Jr. died in New York at age 71 after a short illness. He portrayed openly corrupt state Sen. Clay Davis on 25 episodes across five seasons of The Wire. Davis became a fan-favorite character known for the profane catchphrase "sheee-it," delivered in moments of triumph and blunt honesty. Whitlock first used that phrase in his first film with Spike Lee, 2002's The 25th Hour. He appeared in five Spike Lee films, including She Hate Me, Red Hook Summer, Chi-Raq, BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods. Spike Lee praised Whitlock as a beautiful soul who radiated warmth and humor and recalled fond memories of working and socializing together.
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