United Kingdom, Jan. 8 -- James Ransone's death has been formally ruled a suicide.

The Wire actor passed away on 19 December at the age of 46, and his death certificate, which was issued on 29 December, has officially recorded the fact he took his own life, People magazine reports.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner had previously ruled his death an apparent suicide.

Shortly after his death, James' widow, Jamie McPhee, paid an emotional tribute to the Generation Kill actor and thanked him for giving her the "greatest gift" of their two children, Jack, six, and four-year-old Violet.

In a post on Instagram, she shared a picture of James with a hand on her baby bump and wrote: "I told you I have loved you 1000 times before and I kno...