# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/levon-helm
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:12:43.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/levon-helm"
name: "Levon Helm"
slug: "levon-helm"
description: "Mark Lavon \"Levon\" Helm was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Helm was known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, multi-instrumental ability, and creative drumming style, highlighted on many of the Band's recordings, such as \"The Weight\", \"Up on Cripple Creek\", and \"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\"."
tagline: "American musician (1940–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LevonHelmWoodstockNY2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-05-26"
deathDate: "2012-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.852369674281203
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://levonhelm.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump