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Ray Gillen

American singer (1959–1993)
Person Human Q703498

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
May 12, 1959
Date of death
December 1, 1993
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
singer
Genre
rock music[9]
Citizenship
United States
Cause of death
death from AIDS-related complications[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Family name
Gillen[12]
Given name
Ray[13]
Instrument
voice[16]
Manner of death
natural causes[15]
Medical condition
HIV/AIDS[14]
Name in native language
Raymond Arthur Gillen[18]
Place of burial
Fairview Cemetery[6]
Start of work period
1978[19]
Voice type
tenor[10]
Work period start
1978
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 15
ISNI
0000000115397432
VIAF cluster ID
168449196
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000344750
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16265201p
Discogs artist ID
459280
Encyclopaedia Metallum artist ID
8373
Europeana entity
agent/base/66861
Find a Grave memorial ID
9926
Freebase ID
/m/01wms24
MusicBrainz artist ID
43e9db57-4ac3-4979-9234-220ce711628f
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
203351
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000102515
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NL CR AUT ID
xx0132559
SecondHandSongs artist ID
203362
WikiTree person ID
Guillen-160

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Mb:member of band 5
Black Sabbath, Badlands, Blue Murder, Rondinelli, Sun Red Sun
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
rock music
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Medical condition 1
HIV/AIDS
Occupation 1
singer
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
male
Voice type 1
tenor
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Summary

Ray Gillen was born in New York City[1]. He was born on May 12, 1959[2]. He passed away in New York City[3]. He died on December 1, 1993[4]. He worked as a singer[5].

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.

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  • Type: Person[20]

  • Country: US[21]

  • Began / founded: 1959-05-12[22]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1993-12-01[23]

  • Genre(s): rock[24]

  • Community tags: rock[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 43e9db57-4ac3-4979-9234-220ce711628f[26]

FAQs

Where was Ray Gillen born?

Ray Gillen's place of birth was New York City[1].

Where did Ray Gillen die?

Ray Gillen passed away in New York City[3].

What did Ray Gillen do for work?

Ray Gillen worked as singer[5].

Related Entities

New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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