APRIL 22, 1994 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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"OBITUARIES

Gordon Jones, 44

Gordon H. Jones passed away April 2, 1994 at the age of 44. Gordon was a graduate of Bowling Green University with a degree in journalism. An extensive traveler, and compassionate human being, he lived in Houston and Chicago before returning home due to progression of AIDS.

Gordon was a fierce activist for the AIDS cause. He was a volunteer at the Health Issues Taskforce and a founding member of the Cleveland chapter of the AIDS activist organization ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power). In January of this year, Gordon and two other members of ACT UP handcuffed themselves to the front doors of Cleveland's City Hall, effectively blocking the entrance of city workers arriving for their jobs, to protest the lack of funding for AIDS support and education in Cleveland.

Tireless in his commitment to teach others about the epidemic, even as his health was failing, he continued to go to junior high schools to teach students about the AIDS crisis and how to avoid it. His last speaking engagement was at Black River School where he addressed the eighth grade class. His gentle personality captivated the students and helped them understand the seriousness of AIDS.

He fought many battles with discrimination on the job and in his everyday life, which he faced with courage and dignity.

Gordon will be missed by his fellow activists, and all of those who he inspired to ACT UP, Fight Back, Fight AIDS.

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Marlon Riggs, 37

Marlon Riggs, acclaimed professor and Tongues Untied filmmaker, died of complications from AIDS at his Oakland, Calif., home April 4. He was 37.

Riggs began making documentaries in 1982 after receiving his masters degree from the University of California at Berkeley's journalism school, where he later became one of the university's youngest tenured professors. He quickly earned national recognition, with the Public Broadcasting System airing several of his works.

His best-known documentaries-the Emmy-award winning Ethnic Notions and Color Adjustment, which won a Peabodytraced the media portrayal of blacks through U.S. history.

A public television documentary he produced, Tongues Untied, about black gays, was used by conservatives in 1992 as an example of the type of art they said the

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The filmmaker's mother, Jean Riggs, and lover Jack Vincent were with him when he died at his home, according to Tom Leonard, acting dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.

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