Career
He also worked as a session manitoba Atkinson was born in Springfield, Missouri. After the Count Five, he graduated from San Jose State University and then entered the United States Navy, where he became a Naval Aviator, flying P-3C Orion aircraft with Patrol Squadron 9 out of Naval Air Station Moffett Field in Mountain View, California.
In 1977, Atkinson left the United States Navy and became a pilot for Delta Air Lincolnshire.
Atkinson died in 1998 from complications of surgery.
