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- 1-21-1965: “Alan Freed, 43, Dean of R’n’R Disk Jockies,” New York Journal-American (Palm Springs, Desert Hospital, Died of kidney aliment, 43 years)
- 1-21-1965: “Alan Freed, 43, Disk Jockey, Dies,” New York World Telegram and Sun (Palm Springs, entered Desert Hospital three weeks ago suffering from uremia)
- 1-21-1965: “Alan Freed Dies at 44; Rock and Roll Jockey” (Palm Springs Calif, Jan 20, NOTE: died at 43 years old)
- 1-21-1965: “Alan Freed, Ex-Deejay, Dead at 43” (Palm Springs, Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Services and burial will be out of town)
- 1-21-1965: “Alan Freed Is Dead; Former Disc Jockey,” The Record (Palm Springs Calif, 43, treated for uremic poisoning)
- 1-21-1965: “Alan Freed, Father of R&R, Dies at 43 in Palm Springs” Billboard
- 1-21-1965: “Alan Freed, Rose and Fell To Music of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” New York Herald Tribune by James W. Sullivan (“In this business your career is so short you got to get it from all anglesâ€, Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, Calif, survived by his wife Inga, Alana Liberatore, Sieglinde, Alan jr., Lance and parents)
- 1-21-1965: “Alan Freed, The Passing of an Era,” Hit Parader (January 20, entrenched in America in fact the whole world, two-beat staccato music called rock and roll)
- 1-21-1965: “‘Moondog’ Alan Freed Dead at 43” (Palm Springs, Calif, hospitalized for 3 weeks with a blood aliment caused by malfunctioning kidneys)
- 1-21-1965: “Rock and Roll Jockey Alan Freed Dies at 44,” Daily News
- 1-21-1965: Obituaries, Alan Freed (launched rock ‘n’ roll cycle and rose to the pinnacle of the music biz before being toppled by the payola scandals in 1960, originally billing himself as “Moondog†he dropped that name as a result of legal steps taken by the original “Moondog†blind song writer-poet often seen on the streets of New York, Boston-charged of anarchy and inciting a riot, probe into the television quiz scandals widened, indicted for receiving $30,650 from six disk companies, pleaded guilty to part in 1962, received a suspended six month sentence, $300 fine, again indicted evading $47,920 income taxes)