Longtime Atlanta LGBTQ rights advocate Winston Johnson has died this week after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 79 years old.
Johnson, a Valdosta native, co-founded the annual gala for the Human Rights Campaign Atlanta.
He met Coretta Scott King through his work with Eastern Airlines and the two became close friends.
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