# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merle-kilgore
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:39:28.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merle-kilgore"
name: "Merle Kilgore"
slug: "merle-kilgore"
description: "Wyatt Merle Kilgore was an American singer, songwriter, and manager. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, he was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. At the time of his death, he was the personal manager of Hank Williams Jr."
tagline: "American musician (1934-2005)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6GvqQ5PUGTkeGHqwxUFVkfEIVEa.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-08-09"
deathDate: "2005-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.46
  momentum:             0.1595744680851064
  historical:           11.075636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453050/"
    handle:    "nm0453050"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.merlekilgore.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ميرل كلغور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ميرل كلجور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "مرل کیلقور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B1%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%AF%DB%86%D8%B1"
    title: "مێرل کیلگۆر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Kilgore"
    title: "Merle Kilgore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Kilgore"
    title: "Merle Kilgore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "مرل کیلگور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Kilgore"
    title: "Merle Kilgore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Kilgore"
    title: "Merle Kilgore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Kilgore"
    title: "Merle Kilgore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Merle_Kilgore"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ffd239cd-82c0-4a09-a949-8d664c34d581"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30625"
    title: "Merle Kilgore"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump