Leo Fender AKA Clarence Leonidas Fender Born: 10-Aug-1909 Birthplace: Fullerton, CA Died: 21-Mar-1991 Location of death: Fullerton, CA Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, CA
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Inventor Nationality: United States Executive summary: Electric guitarmaker Prime mover behind the development of the Fender Stratocaster, invented in 1954.
Father: Clarence Monte Fender Mother: Harriet Elvira Wood Sister: Wilda Grey Wife: Esther Klosky (m. 1-Aug-1934, d. 1979, cancer) Wife: Phyllis (m. 1980)
High School: Fullerton Union High School, Fullerton, CA (1928) University: Fullerton Junior College, Fullerton, CA
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1992 (nonperformer) Rockabilly Hall of Fame Stroke multiple German Ancestry
Risk Factors: Parkinson's
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