# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sterling-morrison
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:53.891Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sterling-morrison"
name: "Sterling Morrison"
slug: "sterling-morrison"
description: "Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. was an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band the Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing vocals."
tagline: "American musician (1942–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Moe_Tucker_Band_and_Sterling_Morrison_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-08-28"
deathDate: "1995-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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