October 9, 1951 — October 26, 2021Gary Mitchell Lang, 70, a San Francisco graphic and industrial designer and aficionado of the performing arts, died from renal cancer October 26, 2021.Long Island-born Lang graduated with a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute in 1973.
He moved to San Francisco in 1973 and opened his own graphic design business focusing on Bay Area performing arts groups. For 40 years he attended almost all seasons of the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, and San Francisco Symphony.In 1988, during the AIDS crisis he volunteered at Shanti Project where he met Adam Blum, the man who would become his husband.