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Aussie Music Journalist Glenn A Baker Dies
He won the BBC’s Rock Brain of the Universe three times and helped establish 2JJ, later triple j, over a career spanning more than 50 years.
- Celebrated Australian music journalist and broadcaster Glenn A. Baker died at age 74 on Friday. Long-time friend and colleague Stuart Coupe announced the news on social media.
- Baker's career spanned more than 50 years, during which he edited Billboard magazine for more than 20 years and co-established Australian record label Raven Records in 1979.
- An avid collector, Baker owned 80,000 records and 30,000 CDs as of 2018. His son Orson described their family home as filled with "music and chaos."
- Baker helped establish radio station Triple J and managed the band Ol' 55. He won the BBC's Rock Brain of the Universe three times in the 1980s.
- As an accomplished travel writer, Baker visited over 150 countries throughout his life. His son said, "I guess music was his absolute passion" despite his global travels.
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Australian rock music journalist Glenn A Baker has died aged 74.
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Total News Sources12
Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Left
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources lean Left
45% Left
L 45%
C 22%
R 33%
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