# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-bangs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:10:18.485Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-bangs"
name: "Lester Bangs"
slug: "lester-bangs"
description: "Leslie Conway \"Lester\" Bangs was an American music journalist and critic. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines and was also a performing musician. The music critic Jim DeRogatis called him \"America's greatest rock critic\"."
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birthDate: "1948-12-13"
deathDate: "1982-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump