do you know anything Dean Reed, an American singer and actor who lived in East Germany?

Question

He was famous in Russia, Vietnam, East Germany in early 80's. One of his movie was "El Cantor"

Answer 1

Dean Reed was born on September 22, 1938, in Denver Colorado. Between 1958–1986 he was an active singer and song writer for Capitol Records, although his songs never did that well in the US. He also lived in South America for a time and his song "Our Summer Romance" made him more famous in Argentina than Elvis.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Reed
"Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer and songwriter who lived a great part of his adult life in South America, then in Communist East Germany."

"In 1973, he settled in East Germany for good, where he continued to write, direct, and perform in films. While committed to the politics of his adopted socialist home, he did not join the ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED). He preferred to define himself as a marxist rather than a communist."

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Answer 2

of path, some leftists did stay in communist international places. Lee Harvey Oswald is a reliable occasion. He even had a Russian spouse. West Germans are actually not leftists. for this reason they does not opt to stay in East Germany formerly reunification.

Answer 3

We used to love him in Russia! It was so sad when he died.