Happy ending for ‘Wire,’ ‘Corner’

Loyal viewers of “The Wire” aren’t accustomed to happy endings. But sometimes life is more sentimental than art.

Donnie Andrews, the inspiration for the character Omar Little in “The Wire,” David Simon’s HBO series about crime and social ills in Baltimore, is getting married today. His bride: Fran Boyd, the real-life protagonist of “The Corner,” Simon and Ed Burns’ nonfiction book and HBO miniseries about a family’s struggles with drug addiction.

“A lot of people get out of ‘the life,’ ” said the Rev. Frank M. Reid III, pastor of Bethel AME Church, who will marry the couple. “The thing about Donnie and Fran is, not only are they out, they’ve gone back and made it their life’s mission to help other people get out.”

Andrews, 53, works as an anti-gang outreach coordinator for the church, and Boyd, 50, works with a local hospital’s HIV prevention program and tries to usher addicts into rehab.