# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernie-worrell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:26.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernie-worrell"
name: "Bernie Worrell"
slug: "bernie-worrell"
description: "George Bernard Worrell, Jr. was an American keyboardist and record producer, best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, and a touring member of Talking Heads in the 1980s. He also worked with such producers and musicians as Keith Richards, Yoko Ono, Bill Laswell, Mos Def, Sly and Robbie, Fela Kuti and Cream's Jack Bruce. The New York Times journalist Jon Pareles, described Worrell as \"the kind of sideman who is as influential as some bandleaders\" and stated that his music \"indelibly changed the sound of funk and hip-hop.\" Worrell was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic, along with 15 other members the band. He also appeared with Talking Heads when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Worrell was the uncle of rapper and actor Chino XL."
tagline: "American musician (1944–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernie_Worrell_-_SociaLibrium%2C_Vienna2009_a.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-04-19"
deathDate: "2016-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump