Steve Baker (illusionist)

Steve Baker promotional photo, ca. 1975

Stevan "Mr. Escape" Baker (July 26, 1938 – September 17, 2017)[1] was a comedian and magician, best known as an escape artist. During his career from 1967 through the early 1990s Baker appeared on Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday, Games People Play, and was a star on an HBO special along with Tony Curtis and special guest star Dorothy Dietrich, called The World's Greatest Escapes, and several times on That's Incredible!. Baker died on September 17, 2017 at the age of 79.[1][2][3]

Early history

Baker's career as "Mr. Escape" began on February 22, 1967 when he presented an upside down hanging strait-jacket escape from the Tribune Tower Building in Oakland, California, United States. Thousands of people attended the escape along with actress Dawn Wells, and a sheriff who was a direct descendant of Wyatt Earp.[4] The escape was documented by the British Pathe Newsreel Organization.[5] Steve Baker was a favorite on TV personality, Dick Clark. He performed numerous times on Dick Clark Live Wednesdays on NBC, then a few years later on another show called LIVE with Dick Clark on CBS.

References

  1. 1 2 "Stevan "Mr. Escape" Baker". Hough Funeral Homes. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Escape Artist Steve Baker, aka Mr. Escape, Has Died". The Magic Detective. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Remembering Steve Baker". Wild About Harry. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ Oakland Tribune, Feb.22,1967
  5. ↑ Oakland Tribune Newspaper, Feb. 22, 1967 Edition, front page


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