'The Wire' Actor Bobby J. Brown’s Cause of Death Revealed

Vehicle Fire Barn Maryland in barn, Maryland: Bobby J. Brown, an actor known for HBO's 'The Wire,' died on February 24 at age 62 after being caught in a barn fire at his Maryland home. The fire broke out in a 50-by-100-foot barn after he tried to start up his old Cadillac. His wife, Arlene Brown, suffered severe burns while attempting to rescue him from the barn as emergency services responded. The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death as diffuse thermal injury and smoke inhalation, with the manner of death determined to be an accident.