 Mike also worked as a project manager and professional audio and systems integration engineer for the prestigious NETEAM AVI before retiring from the same company to begin a full-time ministry position as director of media and production at his local church.Mike succumbed to a lung complication on April 11, 2006 at the age of 60.He was buried at Knollwood Cemetery in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, on April 18, 2006.