# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wetton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:20:13.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wetton"
name: "John Wetton"
slug: "john-wetton"
description: "John Kenneth Wetton was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He was known for his bass playing as well as his baritone voice. In 1971, he was a member of the rock band Family for a short time, before joining King Crimson in 1972. After the breakup of King Crimson at the end of 1974, he played in a number of other bands, including Roxy Music (1974–1975), Uriah Heep (1975–1976), U.K. (1977–1980), and Wishbone Ash (1980–1981)."
tagline: "English musician (1949–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Wetton_playing_bass_live.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1949-06-12"
deathDate: "2017-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump