My father was a fly star.

It was Spike Beatlemania.

But not here in America.

Dean Reed criticized the American government

from behind the Iron Curtain.

He had lots of enemies.

He'll calm you down, think all that.

He wanted to come back home,

and then the unthinkable happened.

Dean Reed died.

Come with me, Ramona Reed,

to learn more about the extraordinary life

and mysterious death of revolutionary.

Listen to Red Elvis, a curiosity audio network podcast

on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast,

or wherever you get your podcasts.

What if I told you a sports story,

or what happens on the field,

is the least interesting part of the tale?

I think there's a long tradition of these kind of stories,

especially these kinds of sports stories.

You know, I have the license to follow it all the way down to the bottom.

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