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Alan Freed
1921 - 1965
Birth place
Windber, United State..
Death place
Palm Springs, United ..
Albert James Freed pioneering rock'n'roll deejay who was one of the first to popularize black music among suburban white kids; never recovered from the 'payola' scandal, in which it emerged he took money from record companies to play their products / cirrhosis of the liver
Buried by The Beat Goes On on January 20, 2011
