Cosby’s career vs. allegations

The beaming, sweater-clad visage of a younger Bill Cosby dominated the front page of the Calendar sec- tion, topping a story that pondered whether his sexual assault trial might obscure his trailblazing life’s work [“When a Legacy Is Compromised,” June 10].

The article referred to “vivid testimony about intimate encounters, personal betrayals and deceptive behavior” in the context of the damage done to his legacy.

If the article (which had no picture of the current Cosby, just another one of him beaming among his TV family from those early days) was meant to induce sympathy regarding the destruction of that legacy, it failed with this reader.

Elise Power Garden Grove

Surely we have to separate Bill Cosby’s career achievements from his legal woes. Currently Phil Spector sits in jail having been found guilty of murder, but the fact that he is the finest and most influential pop music producer of all time must never be denied him. I feel that outstanding artistic accomplishments must never be forgotten.

Alan Warner Los Angeles