And So Was Bubbles
Like Oman Little, Reginald “Bubbles” Cousins was based on a real-life police informant known as “Possum” whose true identity has never been made public at the request of his family. Like Bubbles, Possum was a key witness in several cases. He was known for having an incredible memory for faces and a vast knowledge of the streets of Baltimore and their inhabitants.
Show creator David Simon met with Possum twice before the informant died of AIDS-related complications, and ended up turning an article he was writing about him into an obituary. The real-life inspiration for The Wire didn’t end with Bubbles.
