Chet Baker AKA Chesney Henry Baker Born: 23-Dec-1929 Birthplace: Yale, OK Died: 13-May-1988 Location of death: Amsterdam, Netherlands Cause of death: Defenestration Remains: Buried, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Jazz Musician Nationality: United States Executive summary: Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet Military service: US Army (1946-) Father: Chesney Baker, Sr. (guitarist) Mother: Vera Wife: Charlaine (m. 1950, div.) Wife: Halema (Pakistani, m. 1956, div., one son) Son: Chesney Aftab Baker (b. 1957) Wife: Carol Baker (m. 1964, until his death, two sons, one daughter) Son: Dean Son: Paul Daughter: Melissa ("Missy")
University: El Camino College, California (briefly)
Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame 1987 Drug Possession: Heroin Apr-1959 U.S. Narcotic Farm Risk Factors: Heroin, Cocaine
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Let's Get Lost (15-Sep-1988) · Himself Stolen Hours (16-Oct-1963) · Himself
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