Norman Baker (explorer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American sailor
Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1928
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 22-Nov-2017
Profession: explorer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Norman Baker (explorer)
- Norman Leonard Baker (November 18, 1928 – November 22, 2017) was a navigator on Thor Heyerdahl's Ra, Ra II and Tigris reed boat expeditions.
- He was the co-author (with Barbara Murphy) of Thor Heyerdahl and the Reed Boat Ra, a 1974 children's book on the expeditions.
- He was a fellow and director of the Explorers Club, and served as an advisor to Fara Heim, an expedition searching for signs of Viking settlements in North America.
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- Baker died when the Cessna 172 he was piloting crashed in Pittsford, Vermont on November 22, 2017.
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