# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-w-blackburn
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:58:47.569Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-w-blackburn"
name: "Tom W. Blackburn"
slug: "tom-w-blackburn"
description: "Thomas Wakefield Blackburn was an American author, screenwriter and lyricist. His work included various Western novels and television screenplays, as well as the lyrics to \"The Ballad of Davy Crockett\" and other songs.In the mid 1950s Blackburn worked in the story department at Walt Disney's studio and it was there, in addition to working on the Davy Crockett films and teleplays, that he also began composing lyrics. Among his most successful efforts are \"The Ballad of Davy Crockett\" and \"Farewell\" for that series and \"Johnny Tremain\" and \"The Liberty Tree\" for Johnny Tremain."
tagline: "American writer (1913-1992)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Mammoth_adventure_194611.jpg/330px-Mammoth_adventure_194611.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-06-23"
deathDate: "1992-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.8099173553719
  historical:           8.338913333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085648/"
    handle:    "nm0085648"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump