Stan Baker, a plaintiff in the 1997 lawsuit to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples in Vermont, and longterm collector of Barbie dolls with husband Peter Harrigan (both profiled in Eva Sollberger’s “Stuck in Vermont” documentary series), has died of a heart attack. He was 79.
Reports MSN.com:
“Stan has always been there for others,” former Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman said in a social media post. “He was a kind and thoughtful soul who just brought a peaceful energy into whatever space he was in.”
Baker died while he and his husband Peter Harrigan were visiting Louisville, Kentucky [last summer]. The couple was attending a Barbie convention, “one of the many communities that he participated in and loved,” Harrigan said about Baker in a social media post.
In regular life, Baker was a private practice clinician who worked with children, adults and families. He also served as an archdeacon for the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont.
Baker died while he and his husband Peter Harrigan were visiting Louisville, Kentucky. The couple was attending a Barbie convention, “one of the many communities that he participated in and loved,” Harrigan said about Baker in a social media post.
In regular life, Baker was a private practice clinician who worked with children, adults and families. He also served as an archdeacon for the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont.
Baker and Harrigan were married in 2014.