# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pete-fountain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:17:03.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pete-fountain"
name: "Pete Fountain"
slug: "pete-fountain"
description: "Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr., known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist."
tagline: "American clarinetist (1930–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PeteFountain2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-07-03"
deathDate: "2016-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Pete Fountain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Fountain"
    title: "Pete Fountain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Fountain"
    title: "Pete Fountain"
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    title: "Pete Fountain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Fountain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Fountain"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump