Steve Baker (illusionist)

Steve "Mr. Escape" Baker (July 26, 1938 – September 17, 2017) was an American comedian and magician. He was best known as an escape artist. He was born in Oakland, California. 
Career.
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 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 79.