I too tried to find an answer to that - nowhere seems to have any reference to his death so I assume he is still alive (one source give him as inactive after 90s).

There's quite a bit of information about him online:

Blues on stage - Blues and soul magazine update - the advert for the Nov/Dec 2000 issue give a chance to catch up with MB, which suggests he was alive then.

Mickey Baker - Mel Bay Profile - this is so similar to mine above that it must have been derived from the same source; if I'd looked for this earlier I could have saved a bit of typing.

Short bio in French Wikipedia

Answers.com Article with links

Sylvia Robinson - a page about her


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