Creator of the LGBT community flag, Gilbert Baker dies at 65

Gilbert Baker, the designer of the iconic rainbow flag, has died. Cleve Jones, an AIDS activist and Baker's longtime friend confirms that he died in his sleep on Thursday, March 30, 2017 in New York.In 1978, Baker sewed a multicolored flag that became the symbol of the LGBT community across the world. A vigil in Baker's memory was held on Friday evening under the rainbow flag in San Francisco's

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