Richard Cloke; Veteran of Spanish Civil War

Richard Cloke, 82, a former member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the force of Americans that fought in the Spanish Civil War. Cloke, a machine gunner, was wounded, and the shrapnel remained in his leg for life. After the war, he returned to California and finished his undergraduate work at UC Berkeley, but like many other members of the brigade, found himself blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He made his living as a jack of all trades, mainly in the San Fernando Valley. No funeral services are planned. On Tuesday in Northridge of a heart attack.