May 13, 1945 — April 4, 2020Gay liberation activist and artist Jim Campbell died in New York City April 4, 2020 of complications of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.Jim was born May 13, 1945 in Palmyra, New York.
Jim worked with Lee Mentley, Lynn Segerblom, the late James McNamara, the late Gilbert Baker, and the Eureka/Noe Valley Artist Coalition to create the iconic and emblematic rainbow flags in 1978, Mentley wrote in an obituary.