Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Les Paul across 5 places, from 1934 to 2009.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Les Paul is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Les Paul was documented, and when
1934year
Chicagoattested“Paul and Wolverton moved to Chicago in 1934, where they continued to perform country music on radio station WBBM and at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
1943year
Hollywoodattested“In 1943, he moved to Hollywood where he performed on radio and formed a new trio.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
1977year
Mahwah, New Jerseyattested“Paul and Ford maintained a house in Mahwah, New Jersey, and after their divorce Ford lived there until her death in 1977.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
12 August 2009exact date
White Plains, New Yorkattested“On August 12, 2009, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
12 August 2009exact date
White Plains Hospitalattested“On August 12, 2009, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
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In each of these, a source puts Les Paul and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Les Paul was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1938year
Chicagomentioned“They left Chicago for New York in 1938, landing a featured spot with Fred Waring's radio show.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
1943year
Armed Forces Radio Networkmentioned“Army in 1943, where he served in the Armed Forces Radio Network, backing such artists as Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, and performing in his own right.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
2 July 1944exact date
Los Angelesmentioned“As a last-minute replacement for Oscar Moore, Paul played with Nat King Cole and other artists in the inaugural Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in Los Angeles, California, on July 2, 1944.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
1949year
Milwaukeementioned“They married in Milwaukee in 1949.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
21 August 2009exact date
Prairie Home Cemeterymentioned“The Edge said, "His legacy as a musician and inventor will live on and his influence on rock and roll will never be forgotten." On August 21, 2009, he was buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin.”source: Wikipedia: Les Paul
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
Sentences quoted from Wikipedia are available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Public domain books come from
Project Gutenberg. Quo Fuit claims no rights over these sources.
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