| LC control no. | n 95011391 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Williams, Wendy O. |
| Variant(s) | Williams, Wendy Orlean |
| Birth date | 1949-05-28 |
| Death date | 1998-04-06 |
| Profession or occupation | Punk rock musicians |
| Found in | Benis White, Allison. The Wendys, 2020: Publisher's summary ("Allison Benis White . . . writes about five women named Wendy as a way into the complex grief that still lingers after the death of a sixth Wendy, the author's long-absent mother. A series of epistolary poems addressed to Wendy O. Williams becomes an occasion for the speaker to eulogize as well as reflect on the singer's life and eventual suicide") Online search 2019-07-23: Wendy Orlean Williams ((28 May 1949 - 6 April 1998) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Webster, New York, she came to prominence as the lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics. Her onstage theatrics included partial nudity, exploding equipment, firing a shotgun, and chainsawing guitars.[1] Dubbed the "Queen of Shock Rock" and the "Metal Priestess", Williams was considered the most controversial and radical female singer of her time ; <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_O._Williams)> Wow, p1984: label (Wendy O. Williams) Notes, June 1999: p. 867 (Williams, Wendy O.; d. Apr. 6, 1998, at 48, Storrs, CT; American punk-rock singer) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2019043073 |
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