Monday, June 29, 2026

Thank You, Ginger Baker: Cream Drummer Dies At Age 80, Haunted Our Dreams from “Sunshine of Your Love” to Even “Band on the Run”

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Ginger Baker, who died today at age 80, has a long, important resume. But it’s his work with Cream that has haunted me since the age of 12. “Sunshine of Your Love,” “Badge,” there’s nothing else like those magnificent drums. His work lives in the soul, and now it outlives him. Rest in peace.

 

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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