Jamie, who also costarred with Michael on The Wire, shared a statement to Variety saying, "I can't believe that Mike is gone, I don't want to believe it. I just spoke to him last week, and we planned to meet at a new restaurant in Harlem this week," Hector said. "He was amazingly talented, extremely generous, and a really, really good friend. Mike tried to take care of everyone. He tried to help everyone. I'm really going to miss him. My condolences to his family."