# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sandy-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:02:01.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sandy-west"
name: "Sandy West"
slug: "sandy-west"
description: "Sandra Sue Pesavento, known professionally as Sandy West was an American singer, drummer and songwriter. She was one of the founding members of the Runaways, a teenage all-girl rock band that achieved some success in the 1970s."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter, and drummer (1959–2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Sandy_West.jpg"
gender: "female"
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: "1959-07-10"
deathDate: "2006-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.965328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1653627/"
    handle:    "nm1653627"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy West"
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    title: "Sandy West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "サンディ・ウェスト"
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    title: "Sandy West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sandy West (baterista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump