William Lloyd Adams is a Baltimore "icon," and his passing is definitely the end of an era ("Former numbers runner became venture capitalist," June 29).
I was born and raised in Baltimore, and for my 75 years Mr. Adams has been a force in not only the black community, but in the Baltimore community.
The Sun's own Antero Pietila, in his book "Not in My Neighborhood," illuminates this as he writes about another Baltimore original, former state treasurer and civic leader John A. Luetkemeyer. Mr. Pietila points out that at Luetkemeyer's funeral in 1998, "Hundreds of Maryland's most influential attended his funeral. They were stunned to see Little Willie Adams among the pallbearers. Most had no idea that the two even knew each other."
I believe William Lloyd Adams will be missed.
Randall Miller, Ocean View, Del.