# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dede-fortin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:02:34.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dede-fortin"
name: "Dédé Fortin"
slug: "dede-fortin"
description: "André \"Dédé\" Fortin was a founding member, frontman, and guitarist of the Québécois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990."
tagline: "Canadian singer (1962–2000)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-11-17"
deathDate: "2000-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.44
  momentum:             19.29562043795621
  historical:           6.541012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3968934/"
    handle:    "nm3968934"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.colocs.qc.ca/|titre=Site"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2847764"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9d%C3%A9_Fortin"
    title: "Dédé Fortin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Fortin"
    title: "André Fortin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9d%C3%A9_Fortin"
    title: "Dédé Fortin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/00a3404f-fc2a-4f9d-a4b4-2f9af269cd9a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2551318"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ديد فورتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9d%C3%A9_Fortin"
    title: "Dédé Fortin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2694075"
    title: "Dédé Fortin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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