# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shannon-hoon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:05:09.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shannon-hoon"
name: "Shannon Hoon"
slug: "shannon-hoon"
description: "Richard Shannon Hoon was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Shanon_hoon.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-09-26"
deathDate: "1995-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump