What is Mike Porcaro?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Mike Porcaro | image = Mike Porcaro with bass guitar.jpg | caption = Mike Porcaro playing a Peavey Cirrus5 live in Germany in 2005 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{birth date|1955|5|29}} | birth_place = [[South Windsor, Connecticut|South Windsor]], [[Connecticut]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|3|15|1955|5|29}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States | instrument = [[Bass guitar]], [[double bass]], [[cello]] | genre = [[Hard rock]], [[pop rock]], [[progressive rock]], [[neo-progressive rock]] | occupation = [[Musician]], [[bassist]] | years_active = 1971–2007 {{citation needed|date=July 2011}} | associated_acts = [[Toto (band)|Toto]], [[Boz Scaggs]], [[Seals and Crofts]], [[Joe Walsh]] | notable_instruments = }} '''Michael Joseph Porcaro''' (May 29, 1955 – March 15, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[bass guitar|bass]] player known for his work with [[Toto (band)|Toto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totoofficial.com/history|title=History|publisher=Totoofficial.com|accessdate=2013-11-11}}</ref> He retired from touring in 2007 because he was [[Diagnosis|diagnosed]] with [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kielty|first=Martin|title=Toto’s Mike Porcaro ‘hanging in there’|url=http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/totos-mike-porcaro-hanging-in-there/|publisher=Team Rock Limited|accessdate=13 February 2014}}</ref> He was the middle son of [[Joe Porcaro]]. His elder brother was [[Jeff Porcaro]]. His younger brother is [[Steve Porcaro]]. Porcaro died from [[Complication|complications]] of ALS in his sleep at his home in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], aged 59. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Toto}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Porcaro, Mike}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American bass guitarists]] [[Category:American rock musicians]] [[Category:Death