The Denver PostBy the Los Angeles Times
Article Last Updated: 07/13/2007 12:46:04 AM MDT
Rob Cole, a pioneering gay journalist whose efforts helped create a national readership for the Advocate, the long-running gay publication, died June 30 at his home. He was 76.
Cole died after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, complicated by pneumonia and a chronic back ailment, said longtime friend Rob McCoard.