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![Baltimore drug kingpin Little Melvin Williams in 1967. He is largely the basis for the Avon Barksdale character in The Wire, and even played a deacon on the show. : r/TheWire Baltimore drug kingpin Little Melvin Williams in 1967. He is largely the basis for the Avon Barksdale character in The Wire, and even played a deacon on the show. : r/TheWire](https://preview.redd.it/baltimore-drug-kingpin-little-melvin-williams-in-1967-he-is-v0-twumfwusm0fa1.png?auto=webp&s=ac1c2a038f0a064259968320410c0693a3b33e49)