Iconic Houston civil rights activist Ray Hill passes away at 78


It will be hard to imagine Montrose — indeed, Houston — without Ray Hill. The iconic, fiery, larger-than-life radio host and champion of criminal justice reform and LGBT rights passed away on Saturday, November 24 of heart failure while in hospice care. Hill was 78. The Houston native was a self-described “hell-raiser” — and once said he was “born to rub the cat hair the wrong direction.” He co-founded Houston’s first gay rights organization, the…

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