I believe you are referring to Grammy Award winning musician Michael Becker who was a tenor saxophonist. Becker died of leukemia at the age of 57 at a New York City hospital after winning 11 GRAMMY Awards over his lifetime. Becker died on Saturday, January 13, 2007.
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