Alan Freed Overview:

Actor, Alan Freed, was born on Dec 15, 1921 in Johnstown, PA. Freed died at the age of 43 on Jan 20, 1965 in Palm Springs, CA .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Radio. In addition, Freed was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame .

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Was arrested and pleaded guilty to accepting "Payola" (bribes for playing certain songs). He was blacklisted from broadcasting and died broke and bitter in 1965 at age of 42.

He returned to New York in 1961 to host a "Twist" review at the Audobon Ballroom. The event wasn't well publicized at the time, as he had lost his NYC radio (WABC) and TV (WNEW) programs in 1959 due to the payola scandal. Attendance was poor.

Legendary radio DJ in the 1950s who helped popularize the term "Rock and Roll" music.

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