Clark Gesner

American actor and musician (1938-2002)
Person human Q5127240
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Clark Gesner

Summary

Clark Gesner is a human[1]. His place of birth was Augusta[2]. He was born on March 27, 1938[3]. He passed away in New York City[4]. He died on July 23, 2002[5]. He worked as a composer[6], librettist[7], lyricist[8], songwriter[9], and playwright[10]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • Clark Gesner was born in Augusta[2].
  • Clark Gesner passed away in New York City[4].
  • Clark Gesner was born on March 27, 1938[3].
  • Clark Gesner died on July 23, 2002[5].
  • Clark Gesner held citizenship in United States[12].
  • Clark Gesner worked as a composer[6].
  • Clark Gesner worked as a librettist[7].
  • Clark Gesner's professions included lyricist[8].
  • Clark Gesner worked as a songwriter[9].
  • Clark Gesner worked as a playwright[10].
  • Clark Gesner's professions included actor[13].
  • Clark Gesner's field of work was musical[14].
  • Clark Gesner's field of work was music[15].
  • Clark Gesner's field of work was theatre art[16].
  • Clark Gesner's field of work was drama[17].
  • Clark Gesner is recorded as male[18].
  • Clark Gesner's instance of is recorded as human[19].
  • The cause of death was myocardial infarction[20].
  • Clark Gesner's given name is recorded as Clark[21].
  • Clark Gesner's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[22].
  • Clark Gesner's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[24]

  • Country: US[25]

  • Began / founded: 1938-03-27[26]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2002[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3e6c7d25-67de-4569-8401-b1a64d3591be[28]

Body

Origins and Family

Clark Gesner's place of birth was Augusta[2]. He was born on March 27, 1938[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include composer[6], librettist[7], lyricist[8], songwriter[9], playwright[10], and actor[13]. Fields of work include musical[14], a music genre[29], founded in 1560[30]; music[15], a type of arts[31]; theatre art[16], a performing arts genre[32]; and drama[17], a literary mode[33].

Death and Burial

Clark Gesner died on July 23, 2002[5]. He passed away in New York City[4]. The cause of death was myocardial infarction[20].

Why It Matters

Clark Gesner ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[11]

FAQs

Where was Clark Gesner born?

Clark Gesner's place of birth was Augusta[2].

Where did Clark Gesner die?

Clark Gesner died in New York City[4].

What did Clark Gesner do for work?

Clark Gesner worked as composer[6], librettist[7], lyricist[8], songwriter[9], and playwright[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [19] . Carnegie Hall linked open data. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . Classical Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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