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Birth year of Tony Bellamy

I am trying to find reliable sources about Tony Bellamy's year of birth. So far I found contradictory claims:

World Music Central: first they claim he died at age 69 (so birth year 1940) but after a total stranger (claiming to be friend and relative of the Bellamy family) complained about it, they changed it into 63 (birth year 1946). Not doing a good job in their editing: it says 69 in the url and in the article itself, but in the header of the article it says 63...
Blurt-Online.com: claiming birth year of 1940
Spinner.com: birth year 1940
Press release of Native American Music Awards (NAMA): claiming birth year of 1940, but claiming he died at age 63 (who did the counting???)
Monique Decamps is not sure whether he was born in 1940 or 1941...
The TopShelf Times claims he was 63 (so birth year 1946)
ClassicRock.About.com claim the birth year of 1940
Bittersuiteband.com, Birthdays in September claims he was born in 1940
Wordpress.com says he was 69 (born 1940)
Claire Voyant claims he was 63 (that makes the birth year 1946)
Another birthday calender claiming he was born in 1940

I also remember reading on a site that he was born in 1939... (can't find it anymore though). It seems that most sites mention his age was 69 and/or his birth year was 1940. But these sites are not really trustworthy sources (as they simply copy the information from each other). The one that would be reliable (NAMA) has made a mistake on the website... Who has a good reliable source??? – UsagiM _{talk to me} 15:25, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the meanwhile, I got the answer from Native American Music Awards (NAMA) in an email:

Born as Anthony Avila on September 12, 1946 to parents James and Olga Bellamy, Tony Bellamy died at age 63. He has five siblings. (It was originally reported that Tony was born in 1940 and was 69 years of age, but it was later corrected as 1946 and Bellamy passed at the age of 63. Bellamy's family confirmed that Tony originally used a birth year of 1940 so that he could legally play in the clubs.)

The website of NAMA has also been corrected now[1]. I will change it in the article as well. – UsagiM _{talk to me} 01:04, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name of Bellamy's parents

I assume the name of his parents was Avrilla too and not Bellamy, or am I missing something ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric Schutte (talk • contribs) 18:50, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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