James Ransone, most known for portraying Eddie Kaspbrak in “It: Chapter Two,” has died. Variety has reported that the actor, who also played Ziggy Sobotka in “The Wire," died by suicide on Friday. He was 46. The Daily Mail has reported that the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has listed his cause of death as "hanging," and the place of death was listed as his shed. James Ransone is survived by his wife, Jamie McPhee, and their two children. The actor appeared in 12 episodes of HBO's The Wire, which ran from 2002 to 2008. He also held roles in Generation Kill and Treme, as well as Amazon's Bosch. His final television credit came just this past June, when he made an appearance in an episode of Poker Face. James Ransone's life and legacy explored: James Ransone's wife, Jamie McPhee, has reportedly listed the link to a fundraiser that donates to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on her social media account. The actor had long been vocal about his struggles with mental health, and back in 2021, he came forward as a survivor of sexual abuse. The New York Post has reported that his former tutor, Timothy Rualo, molested him several times at his childhood home in Phoenix, Maryland. In a statement on Instagram, he said it went on for over six months in 1992. “We did very little math,” Ransone recalled. “The strongest memory I have of the abuse was washing blood and feces out of my sheets after you left. I remember doing this as a 12 year old because I was too ashamed to tell anyone.” He claimed that the alleged abuse culminated in a “lifetime of shame and embarrassment” for him, propelling him to alcoholism and heroin abuse. He got sober in 2006, he said in his note, which is when he was “ready to confront” his history. He eventually reported his abuse to the Baltimore County police in March 2020. However, a detective told him that prosecutors “had no interest in pursuing the matter any further." The Baltimore Sun has reported that the Baltimore County State’s Attorney Office never formally charged James Ransone's alleged abuser. In 2016, he spoke with Interview Magazine about getting sober at the age of 27 after using heroin for years: “People think I got sober working on the ‘Generation Kill.’ I didn’t. I sobered up six or seven months before that,” he shared. “I remember going to Africa and I was going to be there for almost a year. I was number two on the call sheet and I was like, “I think somebody made a mistake. This is too much responsibility for me.” Stay tuned to SoapCentral for more.