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Mike Winters died of pancreatic cancer on 24 August 2013 the Old Rectory, Edgeworth, near Stroud, Gloucestershire. He was survived by his wife Cassie and their two children.

After the double act with his brother ended in 1978, Winters moved to Florida because his wife suffered from arthritis. Winters opened the first theatre club in Miami and worked with legendary boxing manager, Angelo Dundee, presenting black-tie boxing events. Winters was also active in charity work, with visits to Miami from Muhammad Ali, Prince Michael of Kent and Prince Edward and was awarded the city of Miami keys by the mayor. Winters also co-produced with Jude Parry, directed, performed and wrote the first British professional pantomime to appear in Florida, it was such a success that they continued for five years, starring not only local young talent but also Davy Jones of the Monkees.

He was born at 15 Canonbury Lane, Islington, North London, where his father was a bookmaker. Mike won a scholarship to Tottenham Grammar School but was evacuated to Wiltshire with his younger brother where he eventually ended up at the City of Oxford High School for Boys. At 15 Winters won a scholarship and grant to the Royal Academy of Music to study clarinet, where he was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Quintet. In World War II, Winters, underage, was in the merchant navy. Following a medical discharge due to sinusitis he enlisted in the Canadian Legion as a musician, reaching the rank of captain. He then played jazz with his brother on drums and performed as a musician at dances and weddings. In 1964 Winters and his brother were inducted into the show business fraternity, the Grand Order of Water Rats. Winters was the owner of a 1965 Alvis TE21 sports coupe in white, which he purchased at the Earls Court Motorshow.

On 21 October 1955, at Kensington register office, Mike married Cathelene Mary (Cassie) Chaney (b. 1931), a Roman Catholic and an art student, daughter of Horace Vernon Chaney, french polisher. Three years later they had a Jewish ceremony. They had two children, Chani and Anthony.

Mike Winters, born Michael Weinstein (15 November 1926 – 24 August 2013), was an English comedian, musician, businessman and writer who was the straight man of the comedy double act Mike & Bernie Winters with his younger brother, Bernie.