# Fred Stobaugh

> Fred Stobaugh was a retired truck driver from Peoria, Illinois who became a viral sensation as a songwriter. A documentary video about the making of the song Oh Sweet Lorraine, based on a text that Stobaugh wrote for his wife of 72 years, became a viral video in September 2013. The song based on his text subsequently entered the Billboard Hot 100 as well as other international charts.

*American truck driver, had a hit song at age 96*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1917-08-22
- **Died:** 2016-11-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47a536a5-191c-4aea-9d74-87dac0326ad4)
- [Fred Stobaugh](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stobaugh)
- [Fred Stobaugh](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stobaugh)
- [Fred Stobaugh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stobaugh)
- [Fred Stobaugh](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stobaugh)
- [Fred Stobaugh](https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stobaugh)
- [Fred Stobaugh](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Stobaugh)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14757327)

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