Celebrated Australian music journalist and broadcaster Glenn A Baker has died at the age of 74. “This is a post that I was hoping I wouldn’t be making for a considerable period of time but after an illness Glenn A Baker passed away earlier this morning,” he wrote. Your email address: Email Us Get the Newsletter By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy“I’m beyond sad.” Baker’s career spanned more than 50 years, and he won the BBC’s Rock Brain of the Universe three times in the 1980s. Baker was the editor of Billboard magazine for more than two decades, published 17 books, as well as 600 albums’ sleeve notes, and co-wrote music.