Don't forget the original bassist for Iron Butterfly, Philip Taylor Kramer - who after he left the band got a night degree in engineering and worked on the MX missile guidance systems, cutting-edge video compression technology, and - some claim - "faster-than-light communications" and a fascimile of the "Star Trek Transformer".
He disappeared when meeting an "investor" at LAX and his remains were found 4 years later near Malibu. Some think he was killed by a competitor or the Russians. The gov't called his death a "suicide".
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