Dean Reed (1938-1986)


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Name (English): Dean Reed
Short name: Dean Reed
Year of birth: 1938
Year of death: 1986
Short Description: Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany. Nicknamed the Red Elvis, Reed was the best-selling Western performer in communist countries, with his songs often topping the local charts, and millions of his records were sold in the Eastern Bloc and elsewhere mostly under the Melodiya label. He never renounced his U.S. citizenship, despite often denouncing the U.S. government, and was seen by the Western media as a communist propaganda figure.
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[Last update: 2023/07/11]