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Re Styles

Re Styles (born Shirley Marie Macleod; March 3, 1950 – April 17, 2022) was an American singer, designer and actor best known as a member of The Tubes. Styles has been said to have been born in either The Netherlands or in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, U.S.A. Her parents were Duncan A. Macleod and Shirley L. Macleod; her father died fighting in Korea in 1951. Styles grew up in Seattle, attending Nathan Hale High School and moved to San Francisco in 1968. She worked as a model, appearing in fashion spreads for the Macy's department store and the magazine Vogue. In the early 1970s she worked as an actor, including the role of "Klen's Lover" in Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 film The Holy Mountain, for which she used the name 'Re Debris'. She is also rumoured to be in the cast of Sun Ra's 1974 film Space is the Place. She may also have appeared in magazines such as Playboy and Oui; sources differ on whether this occurred before or during her time in The Tubes. She met The Tubes in 1975; the group had just completed its debut album. She became their costume designer, and then danced onstage at their live shows, and also became the band's co-lead vocalist alongside Fee Waybill. She also entered into a relationship with the band's drummer Prairie Prince.…

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Re Styles (born Shirley Marie Macleod; March 3, 1950 – April 17, 2022) was an American singer, designer and actor best known as a member of The Tubes. Styles has been said to have been born in either The Netherlands or in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, U.S.A. Her parents were Duncan A. Macleod and Shirley L. Macleod; her father died fighting in Korea in 1951. Styles grew up in Seattle, attending Nathan Hale High School and moved to San Francisco in 1968. She worked as a model, appearing in fashion spreads for the Macy's department store and the magazine Vogue. In the early 1970s she worked as an actor, including the role of "Klen's Lover" in Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 film The Holy Mountain, for which she used the name 'Re Debris'. She is also rumoured to be in the cast of Sun Ra's 1974 film Space is the Place. She may also have appeared in magazines such as Playboy and Oui; sources differ on whether this occurred before or during her time in The Tubes. She met The Tubes in 1975; the group had just completed its debut album. She became their costume designer, and then danced onstage at their live shows, and also became the band's co-lead vocalist alongside Fee Waybill. She also entered into a relationship with the band's drummer Prairie Prince.…

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1950-03-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 1951 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1950-03-03". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "1951". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378087602

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