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Rufus Thomas

American singer (1917–2001)

Provider: Wikidata. These recorded connections are observations, not Counterpedia claims. They do not establish source support.

Data and provenance

Provider: Wikidata · Entity ID: Q1805782

Release: sha256:f33228901a35b0683356002a46df9ceb11f399d05f17abb5c7c78256cbf38ba7

Graph membership is not truth. Each relation below is an observed typed edge the local Wikimedia graph bundle already materialized — not a corroborated, verified, or admitted claim. Bounded to 40 relations via an offset-index lookup (offset_index_binary_search), never a full scan of the bundle.Serving a published subset: joined entities + 1-hop neighborhood of 35,994 exact Wikipedia–Wikidata title matches. A subject that is not itself in that subset carries only the relations the subset recorded for it, so a small count here is the published scope and not a complete relationship inventory.

Development requests are not available on this deployment. The observed entity and its graph links remain readable.

1-hop relations (40+)

Observed adjacency only. Each spoke is a typed edge already materialized in the graph, labeled by its recorded predicate — graph proximity is not support, corroboration, or admission. The links below are the accessible, no-JavaScript path to the same neighbors.

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Grouped by a fixed presentation taxonomy for legibility only. The grouping asserts no rank, truth, support, or standing — every observed edge is carried, none reordered by importance.

Identity & relations (9)

→ instance of (P31)humanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P31 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q5
→ native language (P103)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P103 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
→ child (P40)Carla ThomasObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P40 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q462426
→ given name (P735)RufusObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P735 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q605821
→ family name (P734)ThomasObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P734 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1413324
→ child (P40)Marvell ThomasObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P40 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6778228
→ sex or gender (P21)maleObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P21 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6581097
← father (P22)Marvell ThomasObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P22 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q6778228
← father (P22)Carla ThomasObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P22 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q462426

Dates & events (4)

→ date of death (P570)2001Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P570 · Direction: outgoing
→ date of birth (P569)1917Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P569 · Direction: outgoing
→ date of birth (P569)26 March 1917Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P569 · Direction: outgoing
→ date of death (P570)15 December 2001Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P570 · Direction: outgoing

Occupation & roles (10)

→ occupation (P106)composerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q36834
→ occupation (P106)disc jockeyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q130857
→ occupation (P106)actorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q33999
→ field of work (P101)music of the African diasporaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6942343
→ occupation (P106)blues singerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q90125788
→ field of work (P101)danceObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q11639
→ field of work (P101)dance musicObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q316930
→ occupation (P106)singerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q177220
→ occupation (P106)musicianObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q639669
→ field of work (P101)performance artworkObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q22672348

Places (3)

→ place of death (P20)MemphisObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P20 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q16563
→ country of citizenship (P27)United StatesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P27 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q30
→ place of birth (P19)CayceObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P19 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2130302

Organizations & affiliations (2)

→ educated at (P69)Tennessee State UniversityObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1782948
→ educated at (P69)Booker T. Washington High SchoolObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q4943201

Other connections (11)

→ genre (P136)soulObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P136 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q131272
→ Relationship name unavailable (P6886)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P6886 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
→ genre (P136)bluesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P136 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q9759
→ Relationship name unavailable (P2031)1936Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P2031 · Direction: outgoing
→ manner of death (P1196)natural causesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1196 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q3739104
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1801)2011-01-08 Downtown Memphis TN 39.jpgObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1801 · Direction: outgoing
→ Relationship name unavailable (P264)Chess RecordsObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P264 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q772494
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1442)Rufus Thomas Grave New Park Cem Memphis TN 3.jpgObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1442 · Direction: outgoing
→ genre (P136)funkObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P136 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q164444
→ cause of death (P509)heart failureObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P509 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q181754
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1412)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1412 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860

External identifiers (1)

→ image (P18)2011-01-08 Downtown Memphis TN 39.jpgObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P18 · Direction: outgoing

More relations exist beyond this bounded panel's cap of 40. This panel intentionally shows a small neighborhood, not the full graph.

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