Michael Bailey (1946-2024)
Mike Bailey with his parents, 1980s.
Michael Bailey, son of Lincoln vet Bill Bailey, passed from natural causes June 22 in Seattle. He was 77. A red-diaper kid in a family threatened by right-wing anti-Communists, his parents changed his surname to Maguire, his mother’s name, for his safety. Like his dad, Mike shipped out with the Sailors Union of the Pacific. He was also a reliable presence within the Bay Area Post of the Veterans of the Lincoln Brigade. “May he have fair winds and following seas.”
