Gilbert Baker, inventor of gay rights rainbow flag, dies aged 65
Gilbert Baker, a San Francisco-based activist and artist best known for creating the rainbow flag representing gay rights, has died at the age of 65. “My dearest friend in the world is gone. Clive Baker gave the world the rainbow flag, he gave me forty years of love and friendship,” Cleve Jones, a longtime friend, said on Twitter. No details were immediately available on the cause of Baker’s death or where he died. According to the biography posted on his official website, he had been living in New York City.
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