Born Michael Jonas Evans in Salisbury, North Carolina, on November 3, 1949, his dentist father and school instructor mother moved the family to Los Angeles when Mike was quite young. Graduating from Los Angeles High School, he attended Los Angeles City College before his abrupt TV success.
Mors Mutual's headquarters are located on the corner of Dorset Drive and Mad Wayne Thunder Drive in Rockford Hills, Los Santos.
The new 15,000-seat complex, named the MTS Centre, opened in 2004 and became the home of the Manitoba Moose, the AHL team Chipman had brought to Winnipeg after the Jets left in 1996.