Igal Roodenko; Civil Rights, Anti-War Activist

Igal Roodenko, 74, a lifelong civil rights and anti-war activist arrested dozens of times across the country for participating in various demonstrations. A printer by trade, Roodenko occupied jail cells from the Deep South to Washington, where he was marching in support of Soviet dissidents. He also was a longtime member of gay rights organizations and was a frequent visitor to Los Angeles, where he was active in the Gay and Lesbian Community Service Center. Roodenko also had been arrested in Poland for demonstrating with members of the International War Resistance League, of which he was a longtime member. Roodenko served 20 months in a federal prison during World War II as a conscientious objector. In New York City on Sunday, apparently of a heart attack.