Reed Farrell, who was president of AFTRA from 1989-93, has died. He was 89. “Reed was a committed unionist with a passion for union service and the betterment of his fellow members,” said SAG-AFTRA…
from 1989-93, has died. He was 89. “Reed was a committed unionist with a passion for union service and the betterment of his fellow members,” said SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris. “Our gratitude goes out to him for his many years of dedication to our union.”
Farrell gained notoriety in January 1958 while working a disc jockey at KWK-AM in St. Louis, where he was filmed smashing rock ’n’ roll records, declaring, “Rock ’n’ roll has got to go — and go it does at KWK.” The incident was not his idea — he enjoyed rock — but he was ordered to do it by the station’s president after the staff agreed that rock had “dominated the music field long enough.” The clip of Farrell destroying the records has been used in numerous documentaries.
Farrell returned to Flint during the 1960s and became a local celebrity as horror film program host Christopher Coffin, the “Guardian of the Ghouls” for WJRT-TV. From 1972-74, he hosted the St. Louis TV program, where he interviewed guests including Milton Berle, Robert Goulet, Cloris Leachman and Minnie Pearl.
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