HBO Actor Michael Showers Found Dead In Mississippi River
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Aug. 25 2011, Published 3:30 p.m. ET
By Amber Goodhand - RadarOnline.com Reporter
Michael Showers, an actor on the HBO series Treme, was found dead Wednesday morning in the Mississippi River, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Showers’ body was spotted floating in the water in the New Orleans French Quarter at 11:15 a.m., authorities told local paper, Times-Picayune.
Harbor Police recovered Showers’ body around 11:45 a.m. and appeared to have been in the water for nearly two days. An upcoming autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.
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Showers, 45, lived in the Chalmette area of Louisiana and played Capt. John Guidry in the hit HBO television show.
The actor also had bit parts in The Vampire Diaries and Breaking Bad.
Stay with RadarOnline.com as new details emerge...
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