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Frank Zappa
American musician (1940–1993)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 21 December 1940
- Died
- 4 December 1993
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Zappa
- Spouse
- Gail Zappa
- Child
- Moon Zappa, Diva Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Ahmet Zappa
- Genre
- rock music, experimental music, avant-garde music, jazz, classical music, avant-pop, avant-prog, jazz fusion, progressive rock, experimental rock, art music, proto-punk
- Occupation
- guitarist, singer, composer, voice actor, rock musician, record producer, songwriter, screenwriter, actor, journalist, musician, film producer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Native language
- English
- Religion
- atheism
- birth name
- Frank Vincent Zappa
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- discography
- Frank Zappa discography
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- Antelope Valley High School, Grossmont High School, Mission Bay High School, Chaffey College
- end of work period
- 1993
- facial hair
- walrus moustache
- has works in the collection
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- height
- 1.83 m
- influenced by
- Edgard Varèse, Anton Webern, Guitar Slim, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, György Ligeti
- instrument
- guitar, keyboard instrument, bass guitar, drum kit, voice, percussion instrument, Synclavier
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of political party
- Democratic Party
- name in native language
- Frank Zappa
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- quantity
- 111, 624
- record label
- Warner Bros. Records, Zappa Records, Rykodisc, DiscReet, Verve Records, Straight, Bizarre Records, Barking Pumpkin Records
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Frank Zappa
- social media followers
- 31677, 20555, 11400, 34691, 40921, 11700, 11700, 11600
- start of work period
- 1955
- topic has template
- Template:Frank Zappa
- topic's main category
- Category:Frank Zappa
- writing language
- English
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