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Google Doodle honors SF's Gilbert Baker, creator of Rainbow Flag

This Google Doodle honoring Gilbert Baker appeared on the Google search engine on June, 2, 2017.

This Google Doodle honoring Gilbert Baker appeared on the Google search engine on June, 2, 2017. (KGO-TV)

Friday's Google Doodle honored Gilbert Baker, who created the rainbow pride flag in San Francisco in 1978.

RELATED: San Francisco's LGBT community remembers Gilbert Baker

Friday would have been his 66th birthday. Baker died this year. His ashes were scattered in the Bay.

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