years until they divorced in about 2000; to Denise Skinner, a former marketing staffer, from 2002 until her death of cancer in 2011; and to her best friend, Ilsa Glanzberg, an elementary school instructional aide, from 2017 until his death in 2021. He had twin daughters, Anna and Sarah, born in 1974, and five grandchildren. Health, and death Stanley had a first heart attack in 1991, at age 43. In 2017, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Later that year he suffered a second heart attack and underwent quadruple bypass surgery. Stanley died in his sleep on March 5, 2021, after suffering for seven months with lung cancer. He is buried in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, OH. https://www.remembermyjourney.com/Search/Cemetery/98/Map?q=Michael%20Stanley%20Gee&searchCemeteryId=98&birthYear=&deathYear=#deceased=23158715 Awards and honors 1987–1991 – either one, or "a couple," or eleven, local Emmy awards 2012 – Cleveland Association of Broadcasters Excellence in Radio Award 2019 – Cleveland Arts Prize’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 – The City of Cleveland renamed a section of Huron Avenue in downtown Cleveland as Michael Stanley Way. 2021 – March 25, which would have been his 73rd birthday, declared Michael Stanley Day by the Cleveland City Council Discography Albums Silk Solo Michael Stanley Band The Ghost Poets Post-MSB solo Singles Notes References Further reading External links as Michael Stanley Gee 1948 births 2021 deaths Hiram College alumni Radio personalities from Cleveland Musicians from Cleveland Singer-songwriters from Ohio Rocky River High School (Ohio) alumni Deaths from lung cancer