Nimrod Ping (born ACB Ping; 10 September 1947 - 3 July 2006) was a British architect and politician who served as a councillor at the former Brighton Borough Council (now Brighton and Hove) for eight years from 1991 to 1999, until he became physically incapacitated through liver failure caused by Hepatitis C. After attending the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1964 to 1966, he studied architecture at Cardiff University. He was one of the ...
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Nimrod Ping (born ACB Ping; 10 September 1947 - 3 July 2006) was a British architect and politician who served as a councillor at the former Brighton Borough Council (now Brighton and Hove) for eight years from 1991 to 1999, until he became physically incapacitated through liver failure caused by Hepatitis C. After attending the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1964 to 1966, he studied architecture at Cardiff University. He was one of the first openly gay councillors in Britain.
Thanks to his unusual name, he achieved national fame after the BBC Radio 2 presenter Terry Wogan used his name as scale against which to compare other interesting names.
He was responsible for organising Brighton's "Gay Pride" for a number of years.
Ping was known locally as the face of southern England's Hepatitis C Campaign and was the face of Brighton and Hove's leading shopping centre for a while during which the shopping centre joined his appeal in return for having a leading politician's support....
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