Red Elvis, Dean Reed the US music star behind the Iron Curtain - Episode 1 (97)

Ramona Reed’s father was Dean Reed an American actor, singer, songwriter, director, and Socialist who became a huge star in Latin America and the Eastern Bloc.

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So back to today’s episode – Ramona was born in 1968 and gives insight into his life via private correspondence, but also what it was like to be the daughter of such a huge Eastern Bloc star. 

We welcome Ramona to our Cold War conversation…

Episode 2 of this interview is here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode98/

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