# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-defranco
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:06:20.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-defranco"
name: "Buddy DeFranco"
slug: "buddy-defranco"
description: "Boniface Ferdinand Leonard \"Buddy\" DeFranco was an American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and 1970s."
tagline: "American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1923–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_De_Franco%2C_New_York%2C_ca._Sept._1947_(William_P._Gottlieb_01941).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1923-02-17"
deathDate: "2014-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0208448"
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    url:       "http://www.buddydefranco.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump