Joe Feeney
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Joe Feeney was an American tenor best known as a longtime featured singer on The Lawrence Welk Show.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joe Feeney canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9044271 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Feeney Context triple: [Lawrence Welk, associatedAct, Joe Feeney]
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A.
Eddie Boland
Eddie Boland was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his comic supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
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B.
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper and songwriter recognized for hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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C.
Ed Walsh
Ed Walsh was a dominant early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, best known as a Hall of Famer and one of the greatest spitball pitchers in history.
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D.
Dennis Burkley
Dennis Burkley was an American character actor known for his burly appearance and roles in numerous film and television productions from the 1970s through the early 2000s.
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E.
Marty Dwyer
Marty Dwyer is a comedic supporting character in the 1995 romantic comedy film "Nine Months," contributing to the movie’s lighthearted take on impending parenthood.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joe Feeney Target entity description: Joe Feeney was an American tenor best known as a longtime featured singer on The Lawrence Welk Show.
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A.
Eddie Boland
Eddie Boland was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his comic supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
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B.
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper and songwriter recognized for hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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C.
Ed Walsh
Ed Walsh was a dominant early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, best known as a Hall of Famer and one of the greatest spitball pitchers in history.
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D.
Dennis Burkley
Dennis Burkley was an American character actor known for his burly appearance and roles in numerous film and television productions from the 1970s through the early 2000s.
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E.
Marty Dwyer
Marty Dwyer is a comedic supporting character in the 1995 romantic comedy film "Nine Months," contributing to the movie’s lighthearted take on impending parenthood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
television performer ⓘ tenor ⓘ |
| associatedAct | The Lawrence Welk Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Joseph Lawrence Feeney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ascension Cemetery, Lake Forest, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | emphysema ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-08-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-04-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St. Benedict College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | The Lawrence Welk Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| genre |
easy listening
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasNotableRole | regular cast member on The Lawrence Welk Show ⓘ |
| knownFor | featured singer on The Lawrence Welk Show ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| name | Joe Feeney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Lawrence Welk Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 10 ⓘ |
| occupation |
singer
ⓘ
television personality ⓘ tenor ⓘ |
| performedGenre |
Irish songs
ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ standards ⓘ |
| performedWith |
Lawrence Welk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lawrence Welk Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Grand Island, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Aliso Viejo, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Ranwood Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Georgia Feeney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionDebut | The Lawrence Welk Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | tenor ⓘ |
| voiceSpecialization | ballads ⓘ |
| voiceType | lyric tenor ⓘ |
| workedOn | The Lawrence Welk Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1950s–1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joe Feeney Description of subject: Joe Feeney was an American tenor best known as a longtime featured singer on The Lawrence Welk Show.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.