Facts: - instrument: bass - death place: california - death date: 12 february 1995 - birth date: 12 july 1952 - name: philip taylor kramer - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - birth place: youngstown , ohio Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of philip taylor kramer .
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philip taylor kramer -lrb- july 12 , 1952 -- february 12 , 1995 -rrb- was a bass guitar player for the rock group iron butterfly during the 1970s .after this he obtained a night school degree in aerospace engineering , he worked on the mx missile guidance system for a contractor of the us department of defense and later in the computer industry on fractal compression , facial recognition systems , and advanced communications .his disappearance on february 12 , 1995 caused a mystery lasting for years .