Scanning through the barrage of celebratory obituaries, one could be forgiven for missing that rather large blemish on Adams's resume. Although Adams was charged with murder, he claimed that he had left the fight by the time the man died, and was convicted of felony assault.
Adams, describing the incident to Juice magazine in 2000, said, "After a show at the Starwood we went to a place called the Okiedogs and two homosexual guys walked by and I started a fight." One of those homosexuals was named Dan Bradbury, and, as mentioned above, was killed in the brawl.
While I appreciate Adams's contribution to skateboarding as much as the next guy, it seems odd that virtually every obituary published over the last four days has glossed over or completely failed to mention that one time in 1982 when he helped kill a guy.