Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker 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, his longtime friend announced on social media.

“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 said on Twitter.

No details were immediately available on the cause of Baker’s death or where he died.

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