# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-berry-q364873
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:22:13.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-berry-q364873"
name: "Bill Berry"
slug: "bill-berry-q364873"
description: "William Thomas Berry is an American musician who was the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Although best known for his economical drumming style, Berry also played other instruments, including guitar, bass guitar and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M. albums. In 1995, Berry suffered a ruptured cerebral aneurysm onstage and collapsed. After a successful recovery, he left the music industry two years later to become a farmer, and has since maintained a low profile, making sporadic reunions with R.E.M. and appearing on other artists' recordings. His departure made him the only member of the band not to remain with them during their entire run. Berry eventually returned to the industry in 2022."
tagline: "American musician; drummer for R.E.M."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billberry.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.82505733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0077494/"
    handle:    "nm0077494"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Berry"
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    title: "Bill Berry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Բիլ Բերի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Берри, Билл (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Bill Berry"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump