Meher Baba (February 25, 1894, Merwan Sheriar Irani – January 31, 1969), was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who publicly declared in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age.
He led a normal childhood, showing no particular inclination toward spiritual matters, until the age of 19
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In 1931 he made the first of many visits to the West, gathering many followers.[6] Throughout most of the 1940s he worked with an enigmatic type of people that he said were advanced souls and which he termed masts.[7] Starting in 1949, along with selected mandali, he traveled incognito about India in what he called "The New Life." On February 10, 1954, Meher Baba declared that he was the Avatar (an incarnation of God).[8]
After suffering as a passenger in two automobile accidents, one in the United States in 1952 and one in India in 1956, his capacity to walk became seriously limited.[9][10] In 1962 he invited his western followers to India for a mass darshan called The East-West Gathering.[11] Concerned by an increasing use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs,[12] in 1966 Meher Baba addressed their use and discredited any alleged spiritual benefits.[13] Despite deteriorating health, he continued his "universal work," which included fasting, seclusion, and meditation, until he died on January 31, 1969. His samadhi (tomb-shrine) in Meherabad, India has become a place of international pilgrimage.[14]
Robert "Bobby" McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is a ten-time Grammy Award-winning jazz-influenced a cappella vocal performer and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".McFerrin was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of the late operatic baritone Robert McFerrin and opera singer and professor Sara Copper.Robert, Sr. was the first African American to be a regular with New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Bobby McFerrin married Debbie Green in 1975. They have three children
He is very much alive, and apparently HAPPY. Good On him.