Glenn A. Baker, an Australian rock music journalist, collector, commentator, author and broadcaster, has died. He was 74.
A long-time contributor to the Herald, Baker had recently been battling an illness, according to a close family friend.
In 2024, the fierce collector of records, CDs, books, magazines, newspaper clippings and other rock music ephemera put his record collection, estimated at over 80,000 items, up for auction.
An eminent music journalist and commentator for over 200 magazines and the author of at least 16 books, Baker was known for always donning variously coloured fezes – Ottoman-era Turkish headwear.
“I first wore it for fun for the cover of one of my travel books, sitting upon the engine of a 747 – they had to get a ladder to get me up there – and then when I went out to do interviews about it, people would say, ‘Oh, where’s the hat? You look great in the hat!’” Baker told Peter FitzSimons in 2024.
“As I was follicly challenged, I just started wearing it, and I was given a really hard time with people saying it was a terrible affectation.”
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Kayla Olaya is a culture reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via email.From our partners
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