# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-laing
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:28:22.356Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-laing"
name: "Dave Laing"
slug: "dave-laing"
description: "David William Laing was an English writer, editor, and broadcaster, specialising in the history and development of pop and rock music. He was a research fellow at the universities of Westminster and Liverpool."
tagline: "British writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Laing_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1947-01-09"
deathDate: "2019-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.84
  momentum:             0.7042253521126761
  historical:           5.269402666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Laing"
    title: "Dave Laing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "ديف لاينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ديف لاينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Laing"
    title: "Dave Laing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Laing"
    title: "Dave Laing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Laing"
    title: "Dave Laing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16115573"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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