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Kim Fowley(1939-2015)

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  • Composer
  • Music Department
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Kim Fowley
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Sunset Strip (2012)
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Kim Fowley was born on 21 July 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for American Graffiti (1973), Les Gardiens de la Galaxie (2014) and RocknRolla (2008). He was married to Kara Wright and Cynthia Helen "Cindy" Wheelon. He died on 15 January 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJuly 21, 1939
DiedJanuary 15, 2015(75)
BornJuly 21, 1939
DiedJanuary 15, 2015(75)
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Known for

Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, and Cindy Williams in American Graffiti (1973)
American Graffiti
7.4
  • Music Department
  • 1973
Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, and Dave Bautista in Les Gardiens de la Galaxie (2014)
Les Gardiens de la Galaxie
8.0
  • Soundtrack("Cherry Bomb")
  • 2014
Jeremy Piven, Gerard Butler, Ludacris, Thandiwe Newton, Tom Wilkinson, and Toby Kebbell in RocknRolla (2008)
RocknRolla
7.2
  • Soundtrack("The Trip")
  • 2008
Big Mamma (2000)
Big Mamma
5.3
  • Soundtrack("Nut Rocker")
  • 2000

Credits

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Actor



  • Richard Wolstencroft, Michael Tierney, and Pete Doherty in The Second Coming (2015)
    The Second Coming
    5.5
    • Kim
    • 2015
  • Beyoncé in Beyoncé: Haunted (2013)
    Beyoncé: Haunted
    6.7
    Music Video
    • Kim Fowley
    • 2013

Composer



  • 10 Speed (1982)
    10 Speed
    • Composer
    • 1982
  • The Runaways: Cherry Bomb (1976)
    The Runaways: Cherry Bomb
    7.5
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1976

Music Department



  • Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, and Cindy Williams in American Graffiti (1973)
    American Graffiti
    7.4
    • music producer
    • music recorded for the film
    • 1973

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Sunset Strip
Trailer 2:01
Sunset Strip

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • MySpace
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 1.96 m
  • Born
    • July 21, 1939
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • January 15, 2015
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(bladder cancer)
  • Spouses
      Kara WrightSeptember 24, 2014 - January 15, 2015 (his death)
  • Parents
      Douglas Fowley
  • Other works
    CD: "Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story" (Ace Records)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Stepgrandson of composer Rudolf Friml.
  • Quotes
    The real story on me was that a Dorothy Lamour lookalike had sex with an Errol Flynn lookalike and they gave birth to a Boris Karloff lookalike. And I was smarter than they were but I was less pretty.

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  • When did Kim Fowley die?
    January 15, 2015
  • How did Kim Fowley die?
    Bladder cancer
  • How old was Kim Fowley when he died?
    75 years old
  • Where did Kim Fowley die?
    Los Angeles, California, USA
  • When was Kim Fowley born?
    July 21, 1939

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