The Maryland Medical Examiner rules the death of Bobby J. Brown accidental, citing diffuse thermal injury and smoke inhalation after a barn fire at his Chaptico property.The autopsy records catastrophic burns that penetrated deep tissue, a carbon monoxide blood saturation of 71% and traces of alcohol, with toxicology negative for other drugs.Brown, 62, is known for his role as Officer Bobby Brown in the cable series “The Wire” and for appearances in “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” and “We Own This City”; he was a former professional boxer who won five Golden Gloves championships.His wife, Arlene, suffers severe burns after trying to pull him from the blaze, his daughter Reina speaks of family grief, and his agent
Albert Bramante calls Brown "a formidable talent and a man of great integrity".