diff --git a/test/data/ws_data/artist_ended.json b/test/data/ws_data/artist_ended.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e8fb8c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/ws_data/artist_ended.json
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+    "name": "Serge Gainsbourg",
+    "sort-name": "Gainsbourg, Serge",
+    "isnis": [
+        "0000000115935851"
+    ],
+    "life-span": {
+        "ended": true,
+        "begin": "1928-04-02",
+        "end": "1991-03-02"
+    },
+    "id": "b21ef19b-c6aa-4775-90d3-3cc3e067ce6d",
+    "end_area": {
+        "sort-name": "Paris",
+        "name": "Paris",
+        "iso-3166-2-codes": [
+            "FR-75"
+        ],
+        "type-id": null,
+        "disambiguation": "",
+        "id": "dc10c22b-e510-4006-8b7f-fecb4f36436e",
+        "type": null
+    },
+    "begin-area": {
+        "disambiguation": "",
+        "type": null,
+        "id": "dc10c22b-e510-4006-8b7f-fecb4f36436e",
+        "name": "Paris",
+        "iso-3166-2-codes": [
+            "FR-75"
+        ],
+        "type-id": null,
+        "sort-name": "Paris"
+    },
+    "type-id": "b6e035f4-3ce9-331c-97df-83397230b0df",
+    "area": {
+        "iso-3166-1-codes": [
+            "FR"
+        ],
+        "disambiguation": "",
+        "id": "08310658-51eb-3801-80de-5a0739207115",
+        "type": null,
+        "sort-name": "France",
+        "name": "France",
+        "type-id": null
+    },
+    "country": "FR",
+    "ipis": [
+        "00011123948",
+        "00011935702",
+        "00012741616"
+    ],
+    "gender": "Male",
+    "gender-id": "36d3d30a-839d-3eda-8cb3-29be4384e4a9",
+    "type": "Person",
+    "disambiguation": "",
+    "end-area": {
+        "sort-name": "Paris",
+        "name": "Paris",
+        "iso-3166-2-codes": [
+            "FR-75"
+        ],
+        "type-id": null,
+        "disambiguation": "",
+        "id": "dc10c22b-e510-4006-8b7f-fecb4f36436e",
+        "type": null
+    },
+    "begin_area": {
+        "disambiguation": "",
+        "type": null,
+        "id": "dc10c22b-e510-4006-8b7f-fecb4f36436e",
+        "name": "Paris",
+        "iso-3166-2-codes": [
+            "FR-75"
+        ],
+        "type-id": null,
+        "sort-name": "Paris"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/test_mbjson.py b/test/test_mbjson.py
index c633c6280..eefc641ee 100644
--- a/test/test_mbjson.py
+++ b/test/test_mbjson.py
@@ -468,22 +468,6 @@ class NullMediaTest(MBJSONTest):
         self.assertEqual(m, {})
 
 
-class ArtistTest(MBJSONTest):
-
-    filename = 'artist.json'
-
-    def test_artist(self):
-        m = Metadata()
-        artist_to_metadata(self.json_doc, m)
-        self.assertEqual(m['area'], 'United Kingdom')
-        self.assertEqual(m['beginarea'], 'Hebden Bridge')
-        self.assertEqual(m['begindate'], '1991-02-17')
-        self.assertEqual(m['gender'], 'Male')
-        self.assertEqual(m['musicbrainz_artistid'], 'b8a7c51f-362c-4dcb-a259-bc6e0095f0a6')
-        self.assertEqual(m['name'], 'Ed Sheeran')
-        self.assertEqual(m['type'], 'Person')
-
-
 class NullArtistTest(MBJSONTest):
 
     filename = 'artist_null.json'
@@ -494,6 +478,24 @@ class NullArtistTest(MBJSONTest):
         self.assertEqual(m, {})
 
 
+class ArtistEndedTest(MBJSONTest):
+
+    filename = 'artist_ended.json'
+
+    def test_artist_ended(self):
+        m = Metadata()
+        artist_to_metadata(self.json_doc, m)
+        self.assertEqual(m['area'], 'France')
+        self.assertEqual(m['beginarea'], 'Paris')
+        self.assertEqual(m['begindate'], '1928-04-02')
+        self.assertEqual(m['endarea'], 'Paris')
+        self.assertEqual(m['enddate'], '1991-03-02')
+        self.assertEqual(m['gender'], 'Male')
+        self.assertEqual(m['musicbrainz_artistid'], 'b21ef19b-c6aa-4775-90d3-3cc3e067ce6d')
+        self.assertEqual(m['name'], 'Serge Gainsbourg')
+        self.assertEqual(m['type'], 'Person')
+
+
 class ArtistTranslationTest(MBJSONTest):
 
     filename = 'artist.json'