# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-the-boss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:43:02.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-the-boss"
name: "Ross the Boss"
slug: "ross-the-boss"
description: "Ross Friedman, popularly known as Ross the Boss, was an American guitarist, noted for being a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators and the heavy metal group Manowar."
tagline: "American guitarist (1954-2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ross_the_Boss_Rockharz_2018_07.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1954-01-03"
deathDate: "2026-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump