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Bernie Barker, Oldest Male Stripper
Recorded in Hollywood, FL.
Premiered July 2, 2003, on Morning Edition.


Bernie Barker, a retired nuclear engineer, was sixty when he launched his new career: dancing for women. Guinness World Records has since recognized him as the oldest male stripper. This is his story.

Producers: Matt Ozug and Dave Isay / Photograph by Colby Katz. Special thanks to Colby Katz.

 

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Update from Bernie Barker [posted Apr 04, 2005]

Photographs of Bernie Barker

Excerpt from Barker's unpublished autobiography



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