# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-rourke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:54:48.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-rourke"
name: "Andy Rourke"
slug: "andy-rourke"
description: "Andrew Michael Rourke was an English musician best known as the bassist of the 1980s indie rock band the Smiths. Regarded as one of the greatest bassists of his generation, he was known for his melodic and funk-inspired approach to bass playing."
tagline: "British musician (1964–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy_Rourke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-01-17"
deathDate: "2023-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump