Mar 14, 2017 · NYPD Officer Michael Hance, who raised eyebrows for twerking at the city’s Gay Pride parade, has died of 9/11-related cancer.
Apr 14, 2018 · A lawyer nationally known for being a champion of gay rights died after setting himself on fire in Prospect Park in Brooklyn early Saturday morning and leaving a note exhorting people to lead less selfish lives as a way to protect the planet, the police said. The remains of the lawyer, David S
Bob Smith, the first openly gay man to have his own HBO special and appear on ‘The Tonight Show,’ has died. He was 59 and succumbed to ALS.
Apr 15, 2018 · A prominent lawyer who spent years fighting for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people set himself on fire Saturday. David S. Buckel’s charred remains were found in a New York park, The New York Times reported. In a letter Buckel emailed to the publication and other media
Bob Smith, the pioneering comic and author has died at 59 after a years-long battle with ALS, his partner Michael Zam announced on Facebook.
Oct 15, 2006 · Gerry E. Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress and a demanding advocate for New England fishermen and for gay rights, died early Saturday at Boston University Medical Center, his husband said. The cause was a vascular illness that led Mr. Studds to collapse while walking his on Oct. 3
News Gay-rights lawyer dies after setting himself on fire to protest pollution. David Buckel’s body was found in a New York City park with an apparent suicide note in a nearby shopping cart.
Apr 15, 2018 · A lawyer known for his gay rights advocacy committed a “protest suicide” Saturday by lighting himself on fire to denounce global warming. Sixty-year-old David Buckel poured fossil fuel over himself and then lit a match to draw attention to the way pollution affects the earth, The New York Daily
A notable gay rights lawyer and environmental activist David Buckel was discovered burned to death in a popular Brooklyn park early Saturday morning.
A famous lawyer known nationally as one of the key champions for gay rights in the courts was found dead in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park early Saturday morning after setting himself on fire in what he said was a protest against the use of fossil fuels. “My name is David Buckel and I just killed
