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Gary Foster

Musician, Instrumentalist
Person human Q1494844

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
May 25, 1936
Date of death
May 24, 2026
Place of birth
Leavenworth
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
music educator, jazz musician, saxophonist, producer, musician
Educated at
Leavenworth High School[10]
Genre
jazz[12]
Family name
Foster[13]
Given name
Norman, Gary[14][15]
Instrument
saxophone[16]
P14750
7691-1B4C-D672-0C3C-59E4[18]
Start of work period
1961[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gary Foster ar غاري فوستر fa گری فاستر he גריי פוסטר ja ゲイリー・フォスター (ミュージシャン) ru Гари Фостер
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000114439151
VIAF cluster ID
51878151
Library of Congress authority ID
n91111523
GND ID
13461397X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
GARY FOSTER photo.jpg ↗
ACMI ID
creators/6860
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000740769
BIBSYS ID
8071460
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13931275f
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13461397X
Discogs artist ID
348535
Europeana entity
agent/base/129761
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FAST ID
1502047
Freebase ID
/m/0h3ry20
Grove Music Online ID
A2282909
IMDb ID
nm0287812
JRC Names ID
740234
MusicBrainz artist ID
32d44439-8e82-46f7-978b-e4a16f501fdd
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000026918
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007337145005171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1741975
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
172164230
SecondHandSongs artist ID
53914
Songkick artist ID
315946
VGMdb artist ID
18791
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxMhwK94FmHxgfMdhkkXd
Yale LUX ID
person/affed460-453a-4c81-a0ee-dbbef65a36a5

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
producer, saxophonist, jazz musician, music educator
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Foster
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Gary
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
saxophone
Mb:performer of 1
Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster
Place of birth 1
Leavenworth
Sex or gender 1
male
← Producer 1
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Summary

Gary Foster was born on May 25, 1936[1], in Leavenworth[2]. He died on May 24, 2026[3]. He worked as a music educator[4], jazz musician[5], saxophonist[6], producer[7], and musician[8].

FAQs

Where was Gary Foster born?

Gary Foster was born in Leavenworth[2].

What did Gary Foster do for work?

Gary Foster worked as a music educator[4], jazz musician[5], saxophonist[6], producer[7], and musician[8].

Where did Gary Foster go to school?

Gary Foster was educated at Leavenworth High School[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 8
    Early Modern Letters Online person ID → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'nl', 'ru', 'vo']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 7691-1B4C-D672-0C3C-59E4
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  3. 22w ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Norman, Gary
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Date of death: 24 May 2026, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780262832839"
  4. 23w ago · Great great great grandson · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of death → +2026-05-24T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Date of death: 24 May 2026"
  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → —
    Instance of → human
    Occupation → music educator, jazz musician, saxophonist +2
    Sex or gender → male
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31721|batch #31721]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (17)"
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