Mike was a cool cat even when he was in college. He was on the John Melton show his senior year with an oversized "Jackson 5 cap" and those two went at it, Melton telling him to take his silly cap off, that kind of thing.
That dude won the game of life - well other than the getting shot thing. Remember listening to an interview with him probably 20 years ago and he was talking about being retired. I believe he was really into The Young and the Restless (but could have been another of the classic soaps like General Hospital). He discussed the full story line for the prior two to three years.