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Larry Donnell "Donnie" Andrews (April 29, 1954 – December 13, 2012) [1] was an American armed robber, murderer, and anti-crime advocate. He was one of the inspirations for the character Omar Little on the HBO series The Wire .
Donnie Andrews later reformed, got married and helped troubled youths. [18] In season 4 of The Wire , Andrews plays one of the two men Butchie sends to help Omar in prison, in the episodes "Margin of Error" and "Unto Others", and Omar later meets with him at Blind Butchie's in "That's Got His Own" while planning the big drug robbery.
Chris Partlow sets an ambush for Omar and Donnie at Monk's apartment, and Donnie is shot and killed by Michael Lee and Chris. [7] Donnie was played by Larry "Donnie" Andrews, whose real life exploits inspired much of the character of Omar. [8] Andrews was married to Fran Boyd, whom David Simon wrote about in The Corner.
Andrews enlisted Jules to sing the song, while Andrews himself played the piano; [28] together they recorded the song in an hour and a half. [ 27 ] Despite being critically acclaimed, Donnie Darko was not a commercial success, but it sold very well on DVD and became a cult film , and demand grew for Andrews and Jules' cover of "Mad World" to be ...
Donnie Andrews: Children: 2: Awards: Golden Globe Awards: Denise Francine Boyd Andrews (October 15, 1956 – May 3, 2022) was an American drug counsellor and actress. [1]
The character was based on Donnie Andrews, along with other crime figures in Baltimore. [19] Williams received the part after a single audition, [20] at the encouragement of writer Ed Burns. [21] He was told that the character was slated to appear in just seven episodes and expected him to be killed by the end of the first season. [20]
Donnie Darko: Music from the Original Motion Picture Score is a soundtrack album by American musician Michael Andrews, released in April 2002 on Enjoy and Everloving Records. It contains music from the 2001 science fiction psychological thriller film Donnie Darko, written and directed by Richard Kelly.
Andrews produced five Dazz Band albums: Let the Music Play (1981), Keep It Live (1982), On the One (1983), Joystick (1983) and Jukebox (1984), all on the Motown label. Harris was the associate producer on all five albums, and producer of the album Hot Spot (1985), also on Motown.