Jean-Claude Baker

Jean-Claude Baker (born Jean-Claude Julien Léon Tronville, April 18, 1943 – January 15, 2015)[1] was a French-American restaurateur. He was born in Dijon, France.

He met U.S.-born French entertainer Josephine Baker while he was working as a bellhop in Paris at the age of fourteen in 1958.[2] He became the last of twelve children adopted into Baker's Rainbow Family.[3][4][5]

In 1994 he co-authored a biography of Josephine Baker, Josephine: The Hungry Heart, described as a "shocking look into the star's seriously whitewashed past".[6]

Jean-Claude Baker died at his home in East Hampton, New York on January 15, 2015, of an apparent suicide.[7] He was 71.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flashback-Remembering-Jean-Claude-Baker-20150119
  2. ↑ Profile, observer.com
  3. ↑ Loud, Lance, "Mommie Gayest", The Advocate, March 22, 1994.
  4. ↑ New York Times coverage of Jean-Claude Baker, May 11, 2000.
  5. ↑ New York Daily News coverage of Jean-Claude Baker, May 6, 1999
  6. ↑ Loud, Lance (March 1994). "Mommie gayest". The Advocate: 69.
  7. ↑ New York Times obituary