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{{Short description|American singer (1946β1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Jobriath | alias = Jobriath Salisbury<br />Jobriath Boone<br />Cole Berlin<br />Bryce Campbell | image = Jobriath 1973.jpg | caption = Jobriath in 1973 | image_size = | background = solo_singer <!-- includes singers who also played instruments --> | birth_name = Bruce Wayne Campbell | birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|12|14}} | birth_place = [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1983|8|3|1946|12|14}}{{efn|name = DoD}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | years_active = 1965β1983 | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer * songwriter * actor * record producer }} | instrument = | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Glam rock]] * [[psychedelic pop]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/pidgeon-mw0000845741 | title=Pidgeon β Pidgeon | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=February 5, 2016 | author=Unterberger, Richie}}</ref> }} | associated_acts = Pidgeon | label = {{flatlist| * [[Decca Records|Decca]] * [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] * [[Sanctuary Records Group|Sanctuary]] * [[Universal Records|Universal]] * [[Eschatone Records|Eschatone]] }} | website = }} '''Bruce Wayne Campbell''' (December 14, 1946 β August 3, 1983{{efn|name = DoD|Jobriath's death date has been given as August 3, 1983,<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/lsquojobriath-adrsquo-glam-rockerrsquos-meteoric-rise-mdash-and-fall/|title = 'Jobriath A.D.': Glam rocker's meteoric rise β and fall|date = January 30, 2014|accessdate = September 14, 2023|last = Anderson|first = Sean|newspaper = [[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> and this is the date which appears on his gravestone. However, a 2021 article in ''[[The New York Times]]'' simply says he died "in the summer of 1983",<ref name = Chiu>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/obituaries/jobriath-overlooked.html|title = Overlooked No More: Jobriath, Openly Gay Glam Rocker in the '70s|last = Chiu|first = David|date = June 14, 2021|accessdate = September 13, 2023|page = B6|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> and references a 2004 article in ''[[The Independent]]'', which reports that he was found dead in July 1983, and had died more than a week before then.<ref name = Independent>{{cite news|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jobriath-oh-you-pretty-thing-55714.html|title = Jobriath: Oh! You pretty thing|date = April 13, 2004|accessdate = September 13, 2023|newspaper = [[The Independent]]}}</ref>}}), known by his stage name '''Jobriath''', was an American rock musician and actor. He was the first openly gay rock musician to be signed to a major record label and one of the first internationally famous musicians to die of [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]].
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