# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-redbone
# Generated: 2026-09-07T16:44:33.997Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-redbone"
name: "Leon Redbone"
slug: "leon-redbone"
description: "Leon Redbone was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his hat, dark sunglasses, and black tie, he was born in Cyprus of Armenian ancestry and first appeared on stage in Toronto, Canada, in the early 1970s. He also appeared on film and television in acting and voice-over roles."
tagline: "Musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leon_Redbone_at_Knuckleheads_Saloon-Kansas_City_MO.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-08-26"
deathDate: "2019-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3510
platforms:
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump