# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-wilkeson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:26:13.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-wilkeson"
name: "Leon Wilkeson"
slug: "leon-wilkeson"
description: "Leon Russell Wilkeson was an American musician. He was the bassist of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2001."
tagline: "American bass guitarist (1952–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leon_Wilkeson_(1977)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-04-02"
deathDate: "2001-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0.36
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0971319"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Wilkeson"
    title: "Leon Wilkeson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Wilkeson"
    title: "Leon Wilkeson"
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    title: "Leon Wilkeson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Wilkeson"
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    title: "Leon Wilkeson"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Wilkeson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump