New Details Revealed About Bobby J. Brown's Cause of Death

Vehicle Fire Barn Maryland in barn, Maryland: Bobby J. Brown, a 62-year-old actor known for his role on The Wire, died after being caught in a barn fire in Maryland. According to TMZ, he was in a Maryland barn attempting to jump-start a vehicle and called a family member asking for a fire extinguisher. An autopsy and toxicology report from the Maryland Chief Medical Examiner listed his cause of death as diffuse thermal injury and smoke inhalation, with fourth-degree burns, thermal fractures of the ankles, and 71 percent carbon monoxide in his blood. His death was ruled an accident.