politicians maryland as ever -- has ever known. >> feels like an uncle or somebody like that, somebody from -- that was a family member almost to a certain degree. >> it's just like this, we have lost one of the greatest flowers of all. >> reporter: whether they knew him personally or not, he touched them and they wanted him to know just how much. >> he was a grandfather of baltimore city, he loved the city like it was his own home and always was and always will be. >> it shows you that he reached everyone like everyone could tell that he had a good heart. >> the way he acted, the wa...