# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bon-scott
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:52:59.128Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/bon-scott"
name: "Bon Scott"
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description: "He fronted AC/DC through seven albums and the band's first real commercial breakthrough, then died at 33 in February 1980. Five months later they released Back in Black as a tribute to him — now the second-best-selling album ever made."
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birthDate: "1946-07-09"
deathDate: "1980-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Scotland in 1946, Ronald Belford Scott moved to Australia at six and settled eventually in Fremantle, Western Australia. He started as a drummer and occasional singer in the Spektors in 1964, then worked his way through the Valentines and Fraternity before replacing Dave Evans as AC/DC's lead vocalist in 1974. Over the next six years he recorded seven albums with them, including Highway to Hell in 1979 — the record that cracked the American top 20 and marked their commercial arrival. On 19 February 1980, after a night out in London, Scott died. The band nearly disbanded but brought in Brian Johnson instead, then five months later released Back in Black in his memory — an album that became the second-best-selling in history.