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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitch Dudek

Jeannine M. Baker, matriarch of Chicago blues dynasty, longtime IRS manager, dies at 82

Jeannine M. Baker was the matriarch of one of Chicago’s most famous blues musicians family. (Provided)

Jeannine M. Baker kept her family safe, fed and rocking.

Her late husband was Chicago bluesman Lonnie Brooks. Her sons, Ronnie Baker Brooks and Wayne Baker Brooks, are also blues musicians.

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