# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-ashley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:10:06.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-ashley"
name: "Robert Ashley"
slug: "robert-ashley"
description: "Robert Reynolds Ashley was an American composer, who was best known for his television operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques. His works often involve intertwining narratives and take a surreal multidisciplinary approach to sound, theatrics and writing, and have been continuously performed by various interpreters during and after his life, including Automatic Writing (1979) and Perfect Lives (1983)."
tagline: "American composer (1930–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Composer_Robert_Ashley.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1930-03-28"
deathDate: "2014-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.58
  momentum:             8.207547169811319
  historical:           16.055044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039112/"
    handle:    "nm0039112"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Робърт Ашли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Ashley"
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    title: "Robert Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Ashley"
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    title: "Robert Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Ashley"
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    title: "Robert Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Ashley"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump