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HBO Actor Michael Showers Found Dead In Mississippi River

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Aug. 25 2011, Published 3:30 p.m. ET

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By Amber Goodhand - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Michael Showers, an actor on the HBO series Treme, was found dead Wednesday morning in the Mississippi River, Breaking Celebrity News 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.