# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darby-crash
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:48:43.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darby-crash"
name: "Darby Crash"
slug: "darby-crash"
description: "Jan Paul Beahm was an American singer who, along with longtime friend Pat Smear, co-founded the punk rock band the Germs and was best known as their lead vocalist. In 1980, he committed suicide by deliberately overdosing on heroin."
tagline: "American musician (1958–1980)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Darby_Crash.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-09-26"
deathDate: "1980-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  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/nm0186550/"
    handle:    "nm0186550"
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    title: "داربى كراش"
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    title: "Darby Crash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Darby Crash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_Crash"
    title: "Darby Crash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_Crash"
    title: "Darby Crash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Darby Crash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_Crash"
    title: "Darby Crash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Darby Crash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Darby Crash"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump