# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-alig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:36:30.785Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-alig"
name: "Michael Alig"
slug: "michael-alig"
description: "Michael Alig was an American club promoter who was convicted of felony manslaughter. He was one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids, a group of young New York City clubgoers who became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. \"Freeze\" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid Andre \"Angel\" Melendez in a confrontation over a drug debt. In October 1997, Alig pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Both men were sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Riggs was released on parole in 2010. Alig was released on May 5, 2014."
tagline: "American club promoter, murderer and socialite"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Alig_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966-04-29"
deathDate: "2020-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.31
  momentum:             1.536534164014356
  historical:           12.613296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Alig_Aligula"
    handle:    "Alig_Aligula"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019602/"
    handle:    "nm0019602"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelalig.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3"
    title: "Майкл Еліг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%BA"
    title: "مايكل أليغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A2%D9%84%DA%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "مایکل آلگی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Элиг, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Alig"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322167"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/258281"
    title: "Michael Alig"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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