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Former drug kingpin Melvin Williams dies at 73
Updated On: 04 December, 2015 11:08 AM IST | | ANI
<p>Melvin Williams, a former drug kingpin, who later became inspiration for 'The Wire,' passed away on December 3 in Baltimore. He was 73</p>
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Washington D.C.: Melvin Williams, a former drug kingpin, who later became inspiration for 'The Wire,' passed away on December 3 in Baltimore. He was 73.
Nicknamed Little Melvin, Williams once was a powerful force in the Baltimore drug trade in the 1970s and 1980s before he served years in a federal prison and turned away from crime, reports People magazine.
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