Life imitates art as wire actor is stabbed at a DC Nightclub
buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin Actor Anwan Glover who played Slim Charles, the gangster in HBO's The Wire is recovering from stab wounds he sustained in a DC night club early Sunday morning. Glover, 41, said he was at CafĂ© Asia to support a go-go band when an unknown person snuck a punch to his head. A second person also joined in the attack he said. Glover told investigators while trying to defend himself he landed on the ground, was kicked repeatedly and felt a sharp pain in his side according to WJLA-TV news. He was treated for lacerations at George Washington Medical Center and released. The actor later wrote in an Instagram message: “I am recovering and will be back soon. My flesh may be stabbed but my spirit is unbreakable.” Glover's publicist told CNN he did not know the attackers and the incident was random. “The attack was a complete shock to Anwan, as there was no incident or argument of any kind leading to it.” Also known as Big G, Glover reside...