Rick Nelson's Son, Gunnar Nelson, Mourns Uncle David Nelson's Death. Ricky Nelson passed away on December 31, 1985 at 45 years old in a plane crash. [45] Following these successes, Nelson was given a more prominent role on the Ozzie and Harriet show and ended every two or three episodes with a musical number.[46]. Nelson was born on May 8, 1940, in Teaneck, New Jersey. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. [74] Kris Nelson joined the television show as a regular cast member in 1963. However, Nelson may have felt that the reason was because he was playing new songs instead of just his old hits. [49], Anyone who knocks rock 'n' roll either doesn't understand it, or is prejudiced against it, or is just plain square. He put the "y" back on his name and became "Ricky" again. Albums like Windfall failed to have an impact. From 1957 to 1962, Nelson had 30 Top-40 hits, more than any other artist except Presley (who had 53) and Pat Boone (38). The divorce was financially devastating for Nelson, with attorneys and accountants taking over $1 million. [47] Eighteen-year-old electric guitarist James Burton was the first signed. [60] Nelson's band moved to Aspen and changed their name to "Canyon". In 1958, Nelson released his first #1 single, "Poor Little Fool", and in 1959 received a Golden Globe nomination for "Most Promising Male Newcomer" after starring in Rio Bravo. While Nelson preferred rockabilly and uptempo rock songs like "Believe What You Say" (Hot 100 #4), "I Got a Feeling" (#10), "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (#12), "Hello Mary Lou" (#9), "It's Late" (#9), "Stood Up" (#2), "Waitin' in School" (#18), "Be-Bop Baby" (#3), and "Just a Little Too Much" (#9), his smooth, calm voice made him a natural to sing ballads. He was 45.) David Nelson proved to a very strong and supportive person to the memory and legacy of the Nelson family. Nelson's wealth was astutely managed by his parents, who channeled his earnings into trust funds. He had major success with "Travelin' Man" (#1), "A Teenager's Romance" (#2), "Poor Little Fool" (#1), "Young World" (#5), "Lonesome Town" (#7), "Never Be Anyone Else But You" (#6), "Sweeter Than You" (#9), "It's Up to You" (#6), and "Teen Age Idol" (#5), which clearly could have been about Nelson himself. Following his success on TV and with singing, Howard Hawks cast him as a gunslinger in Rio Bravo (1959) with John Wayne and Dean Martin; Hawks attributed much of the film's box office success to Nelson. [13] When Skelton was drafted in 1944, Guedel crafted the radio sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet for Ricky's parents. In addition to his recording career, Nelson appeared in movies. With seven years to go on his contract, MCA dropped him from the label. News report from LA on the death of Ricky Nelson. As one of the top "teen idols" of the 1950s, his fame led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks's western feature film Rio Bravo (1959). Rick Nelson, left, with his family in a 1960-61 promotion photo for "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." The bodies of Nelson, his fiancee and five members of his band were found in the plane’s cabin, where they had died of smoke inhalation and burns. Nelson's first album, Ricky, was released in October 1957 and hit #1 before the end of the year. Ozzie Nelson even had the idea to edit footage together to create some of the first music videos. In 1987, Rick Nelson was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—an honor no other former child actor has yet achieved. Nelson co-starred with Jack Lemmon in The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960), which was popular enough to give rise to a TV series (in which Nelson did not appear). Ricky’s Tragic Death On December 31, 1985, Ricky and six others were killed when his private plane crashed-landed into a grove of trees northeast of Dallas, Texas. He starred in the episode "A Hand For Sonny Blue" from the 1977 series Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (known in the United Kingdom as Twist in the Tale). Rickey Lee Nelson was born on May 1, 1954, in Winner, South Dakota to Lee and Delores (Sterling) Nelson. [90] They received a small settlement. [88] He contemplated marrying her but eventually declined. [15][16] Ozzie eventually became head writer for the show and based episodes on the fraternal exploits and enmity of his sons. On December 2, Arnold, Montgomery and their troops ...read more. In 1963, Nelson signed a 20-year contract with Decca Records. In the first few decades of its existence, the East India Company made far less progress in the ...read more, The Soviet Union’s TU-144 supersonic airliner makes its first flight, several months ahead of the Anglo-French Concorde. He died on December 31, 1985 in De Kalb, Texas, USA. Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985), known professionally as Ricky Nelson until his 21st birthday when he officially dropped the "y" and simply became Rick Nelson, was an American rock & roll star, pop pioneer, musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Nelson died Dec. 31, 1985, when his plane caught fire and crashed near DeKalb, Texas. harvnb error: no target: CITEREFWhitburn (, list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Undated (AP) _ Published reports today suggested that a fire ignited by ″free-basing″ cocaine caused the New Year’s Eve plane crash that killed rock ‘n’ roll star Rick Nelson and six other people, but Nelson’s manager and brother today vehemently denied the possibility. After his Ohio and Minnesota tours in the summer of 1957, he decided to form his own band with members closer to his age. Many of Nelson's early records were double hits with both the A and B sides hitting the Billboard charts. His comeback was cut short when, while on the tour circuit, his plane crashed on New Year's Eve. Then in 1985, Ricky died along with his fiancée Helen Blair and five members of his road company in a plane crash while traveling to Texas. This creative editing can be seen in videos Ozzie produced for "Travelin' Man." [40][41], "I'm Walkin'" reached No. [1][2] In 1996 Nelson was ranked No. A few films followed, and when the television series was cancelled in 1966, Nelson made occasional appearances as a guest star on various television programs. October 24, 1954 - January 7, 2021 Ricky P. Nelson Sr., 66, of Seth, WV, went to be with the Lord on January 7, 2021. Nelson guest starred on Hondo (playing Jesse James), and had a support role in The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969) with Walter Brennan and Pat O'Brien. Nelson was the first teen idol to use television to promote hit records. By 1960, the Ricky Nelson International Fan Club had 9,000 chapters around the world. Kris became an alcoholic and left the children in the care of household help. Tragedy struck the Nelson family on December 31, 1985, when Ricky Nelson was killed in a plane crash. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and was certified as a gold single. They married on April 20, 1963. After some early successes with the label, most notably 1964's "For You" (#6), Nelson's chart career came to a dramatic halt in the wake of Beatlemania, The British Invasion, and later the Counterculture era. His comeback was short-lived, and Nelson's band soon resigned. In 1985, Nelson began a "Comeback tour" with Fats Domino. – NME – November 1958[54], During 1958 and 1959, Nelson placed twelve hits on the charts in comparison with Elvis Presley's eleven. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Rickey Nelson died Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at the VA hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 66. Nelson still played nightclubs and bars, but he soon advanced to higher-paying venues because of the success of Garden Party. Nelson and the new Stone Canyon Band began to tour for the Garden Party album. Discover how much the famous Pop Singer is worth in 2021. He was one of the early influences of the so-called "California Sound" (which would include singers like Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt and bands such as Eagles). In 1952, the Nelsons tested the waters for a television series with the theatrically released film Here Come the Nelsons. After shows in Florida and Guntersville, Ricky and his band took off for a New Year's Eve extravaganza at the Park Suite Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Ricky and David Nelson, the sons of ‘50s TV stars Harriet and Ozzy Nelson, were introduced in the entertainment industry at a very young age. [86] Within months of their meeting, she became his road companion, and in 1982 she moved in with him. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. [59] He was watching the rest of the performance on a TV monitor backstage until Richard Nader finally convinced Nelson to return to the stage and play his "oldies". "[29][30], At age sixteen, he wanted to impress his girlfriend of two years, Diana Osborn(e), who was an Elvis fan and, although he had no record contract at the time, told her that he, too, was going to make a record. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Blair (Sep 1957–31 Dec 1985), Find a Grave Memorial no. But after a brief revival in the early 1970s fueled by the #6 pop hit “Garden Party” (1972), Nelson’s career as a recording artist essentially ended. DeKalb, Texas – one of the hundreds of non-descript towns that dot the landscape of America’s second-largest state. [93] The plane was his own Douglas DC-3, which had a history of mechanical problems. Kris was pregnant,[74] and Rick later described the union as a "shotgun wedding". The daughter of singer Ricky Nelson and Kristin Harmon, she appeared as one of Henry Fonda's daughters in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours (1968). [55], Perhaps the most embarrassing moment in my career was when six girls tried to fling themselves under my car, and shouted to me to run over them. [28][29][30] He was strongly influenced by the music of Carl Perkins and once said he tried to emulate the sound and the tone of the guitar break in Perkins's March 1956 Top Ten hit "Blue Suede Shoes. He was married to Kristin Harmon. Although his parents permitted him a $50 allowance at the age of eighteen, Rick was often strapped for cash and one evening collected and redeemed empty pop bottles to gain entrance to a movie theater for himself and a date. [94] All seven passengers, including Blair, died. In 1957, when Nelson was 17, he met and fell in love with Marianne Gaba, who played the role of Ricky's girlfriend in three episodes of Ozzie and Harriet. He grew up on a dairy farm near Lucas, South Dakota. Collins appeared in an Ozzie and Harriet episode as Ricky's girlfriend and sang "Just Because" with him in the musical finale. They found success in their professional lives but faced several struggles in their personal lives that, eventually, ended in tragedy for one of them. Ricky Pierce Florida When the teenage Ricky Nelson launched his pop career in 1957 by The couple temporarily resolved their differences, but Kris retained her attorney to pursue a permanent break. Nelson died at his Century City home of complications from colon cancer, said publicist Dale Olson. It is too bad that he died at such an early age in this day and time. "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Doctors have told reporters that Nelson died of complications from colon cancer, the result of a lifetime of drinking warm Coke, but the mysterious presence of police investigators at the scene suggests a … Remembering Rick Nelson on the 26th anniversary of his death. Nelson became an attraction at theme parks like Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland. In 1982, she became the popular Valley Girl "Jennifer DeNuccio" on the television series Square Pegs (1982) which ran from 1982-83. In 1974, MCA was unsure as to what to do with the former teen idol. Kristin’s life kept going downhill, so her brother Mark Harmon started a custody battle over Sam, Kristin’s youngest child, in 1987. Nelson would remain musically relevant over the next decade, though, even earning credit for helping inspire the California sound of artists like Linda Ronstadt and The Eagles with his country-inspired late 1960s work. We track celebrity net worths so you don't have to. He made his film debut in Here Come the Nelsons (1952) and had a small role in The Story of Three Loves (1953) at MGM directed by Vincente Minnelli playing Farley Granger as a boy. [77][78] They had four children: actress Tracy Kristine Nelson, twin sons Gunnar Eric Nelson and Matthew Gray Nelson who formed the band Nelson, and Sam Hilliard Nelson. At that point, she was undergoing drug rehabilitation. He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was the first number 1 song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. That sort of thing can be very frightening! [70][71] The Nelsons and the Harmons had long been friends, and a union between their children held great appeal. [57] In 1979, he guest-hosted on Saturday Night Live, spoofing his television sitcom image by appearing in a Twilight Zone sendup in which, always trying to go "home," he finds himself among the characters from other 1950s/early 1960s-era sitcoms, Leave It to Beaver, Father Knows Best, Make Room for Daddy, and I Love Lucy. [49][50] Radio airplay brought the tune notice, and Imperial suggested releasing a single, but Nelson opposed the idea, believing a single would diminish EP sales. Nelson's music was very well recorded with a clear, punchy sound—thanks in part to engineer Bunny Robyn and producer Jimmy Haskell.[58]. While the two pilots of the plane would survive their attempted emergency landing in a field outside De Kalb, Texas, all seven passengers on board were killed, including the first pop star to cross over from the Nielsen charts to the Billboard charts, Rick Nelson. Legacy.com enhances online obituaries with Guest Books, funeral home information, and florist links. Only the two pilots survived.[95]. [11], Ricky was a small and insecure child who suffered from severe asthma. Nelson attended Gardner Street Public School,[20] Bancroft Junior High,[21] and, between 1954 and 1958, Hollywood High School, from which he graduated with a B average. [42], In early summer 1957, Ozzie Nelson pulled his son from Verve after disputes about royalties and signed him to a lucrative five-year deal with Imperial Records that gave him approval over song selection, sleeve artwork, and other production details. At Christmas 1961, Nelson began dating Kristin Harmon (June 25, 1945 – April 26, 2018), the daughter of football player Tom Harmon and actress Elyse Knox (née Elsie Kornbrath) and the older sister of Kelly and Mark Harmon. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rick-nelson-dies-in-a-plane-crash. Beginning with his double-sided hit debut single, “I’m Walkin” b/w “A Teenager’s Romance” (1957), Nelson reeled off a string of 30 rockabilly-tinged top 40 hits in the next five years—more than any other artist in the same period save for Elvis Presley and Pat Boone. The men included 2 members of the Nelson band who were killed in the crash, along with members of the Guntersville band Headline. Prior to this, Joe Maphis had been playing the lead guitar part, and played lead on his first hits "Be-Bop Baby", "Stood Up", and "Waitin In School". In 1957, he recorded his first single, debuted as a singer on the television version of the sitcom, and released the No. An attempted crash landing of his band's aircraft resulted in the death of Ricky Nelson on December 31, 1985. Crowds of Panamanians celebrated the transfer of the 50-mile ...read more, The provisional government of Hungary officially declares war on Germany, bringing an end to Hungary’s cooperation—sometimes free, sometimes coerced—with the Axis power. He returned to the stage and played his "oldies" and the audience responded with applause, according to Deborah Nader, President of Richard Nader Entertainment. Even in the 1980s, when Nelson realized his dream of meeting Carl Perkins, Perkins noted that he and "Ricky" were the last of the "rockabilly breed.". The TU-144 so closely resembled the Concorde that the Western press dubbed it the “Konkordski.” In 1962, 15 years after U.S. pilot Chuck Yeager first broke the ...read more, In the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison lights up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey. [17] The Nelson boys were first played in the radio series by professional child actors until twelve-year-old Dave and eight-year-old Ricky joined the show on February 20, 1949, in the episode "Invitation to Dinner."[18][19]. [26] (equivalent to $4,777,904.41 in 2020 dollar value). At the time of his death, Ricky's estate was a mess thanks to divorce, debts and a number of other factors. [32][33][34][35] On March 26, 1957, he recorded the Fats Domino standard "I'm Walkin'" and "A Teenager's Romance" (released in late April 1957 as his first single),[36] and "You're My One and Only Love". [4][5][6] He was the second son of entertainment couple Harriet Hilliard Nelson (born Peggy Lou Snyder; July 18, 1909 – October 2, 1994) and Ozzie Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975). [83] Years of legal wrangling followed. A new band was formed by Lindy Goetz, then a promotion person at MCA Records. [68][69] Harriet Nelson never approved of Ricky's teenage girlfriends or of his dating during those younger years. "Garden Party" reached No. He also appeared on other television shows (usually in acting roles). 3 on the charts. Shortly before reaching Dallas, however, the cabin of Nelson’s plane apparently filled with smoke due to a fire of undetermined origin. As Kristin continued to … In 1973, he had an acting role in an episode of The Streets of San Francisco. He guest starred on General Electric Theatre ("The Wish Book") and starred in a romantic comedy feature written and directed by his father, Love and Kisses (1965) with Jack Kelly. Nelson appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1967, but his career by that time was in limbo. She had certain expectations for Ricky's personal life as well as his career. [27], Nelson played clarinet and drums in his tweens and early teens, learned the rudimentary guitar chords, and vocally imitated his favorite Sun Records rockabilly artists in the bathroom at home or in the showers at the Los Angeles Tennis Club. [59] When he performed The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women", there was booing, said to be against police and not him. [43][44] Ricky's first Imperial single, "Be-Bop Baby", generated 750,000 advance orders, sold over one million copies, and reached No. Nelson started a "Comeback tour" with Fats Domino. They fail, and the effort costs Montgomery his life. I believe he played a big support to the children of Ricky after his very early and tragic death. The second single released from the album was "Palace Guard" which peaked at #65. Ricky Nelson was born on May 8, 1940 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA as Eric Hilliard Nelson. © 2021 A&E Television Networks, LLC. Nelson tried to score another hit but did not have any luck with songs like "Rock and Roll Lady." But what Ricky Nelson had that so many other actors who failed as pop stars didn’t was undeniable musical talent. The film was a hit, and Ozzie was convinced the family could make the transition from radio's airwaves to television's small screen. During these two years, Presley had recorded music only for the movie King Creole, in January and February 1958, before his induction into the U.S. Armed Forces and a brief recording session (consisting of five songs) while on Military Leave four months later. All Rights Reserved. - … 1 album titled Ricky. December 31, 1985. Located near the borders of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, for one winter’s night in late December of 1985, a farm pasture there would become the focal point of the entire nation as the location of one of America’s early rock-and-roll legend’s – Ricky Nelson … She was the only woman he dated after his divorce. After Nelson was killed in a plane crash in 1985, Harmon entered rehab at the behest of her brother, Mark. Ricky Nelson passed away in a 1985 plane crash. [35][37], Before the single was released, he made his television rock-and-roll debut on April 10, 1957, singing and playing the drums to "I'm Walkin'" in the Ozzie and Harriet episode "Ricky, the Drummer". [75] Nelson, a nonpracticing Protestant, received instruction in Catholicism at the insistence of the bride's parents[75][76] and signed a pledge to have any children of the union raised in the Catholic faith. Clemente was on his way to deliver relief supplies to Nicaragua following a devastating earthquake there a ...read more, Bernhard Goetz, the white man dubbed the “subway vigilante” after he shot four young Black men on a New York City subway train, turns himself in at a police station in Concord, New Hampshire. Rick Nelson’s DC-3 sits at the Guntersville Airport, shortly before taking off on its fatal flight 30 years ago this week. 4 on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart, and its flip side, "A Teenager's Romance", hit #2. Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a formal charter to the London merchants trading to the East Indies, hoping to break the Dutch monopoly of the spice trade in what is now Indonesia. At the 20th anniversary of Nelson's death, Nelson's estate (The Rick Nelson Company, LLC) owns ancillary rights to the, For the 25th anniversary of Nelson's death, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer, This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 14:58. [86][87], Blair acted as personal assistant to Nelson, organizing his day and acting as a liaison for his fan club,[86] but Nelson's mother, brother, business manager, and manager disapproved of her presence in his life. [7] The Nelsons bought a two-story colonial house in Tenafly, New Jersey,[7][8][9] and six months after the purchase, moved with son David to Hollywood, where Ozzie and Harriet were slated to appear in the 1941–42 season of Red Skelton's The Raleigh Cigarette Hour; Ricky remained in Tenafly in the care of his paternal grandmother. He wanted to record an album featuring original material, but the single was released before the album because Nelson had not completed the entire Garden Party album yet. Nelson's funeral took place at the Church of the Hills, Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery, on January 6, 1986, and he was privately buried in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. "CTVA US Anthology - "Tales of the Unexpected" (Quinn Martin/NBC)(1977)", "In The Studio: Detailing The Techniques Used To Record Rick Nelson", "In Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party," who is Mr. Hughes? [22][23] He played football at Hollywood High[22][23] and represented the school in interscholastic tennis matches. And Ricky Nelson didn’t stink—not by a long shot. In 1958, Nelson recorded 17-year-old Sharon Sheeley's "Poor Little Fool" for his second album, Ricky Nelson, released in June 1958. Nelson died in a plane crash on December 31, 1985, flying from Guntersville, Alabama, to Dallas, Texas, for a concert. He and his band were scheduled to play a three-stop tour in the southern U.S. His childhood nickname proved hard to shake, especially among the generation who had watched him grow up on "Ozzie and Harriet". Her name was never mentioned at Nelson's funeral. They had four children: Tracy Kristine, twin sons Gunnar Eric and Matthew Gray, and Sam Hilliard. By 1975, following the birth of their last child, the marriage had deteriorated and a very public, controversial divorce involving both families was covered in the press for several years. Ozzie Nelson was a Rutgers alumnus and keen on college education,[25] but eighteen-year-old Ricky was already in the 93 percent income-tax bracket and saw no reason to attend. Ricky Nelson poses with his family while getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 17, 1975. [61][62] Nelson and Gaba were too young to entertain a serious relationship, although according to Gaba "we used to neck for hours."[63][64]. [65][66] The two wrote Nelson's first composition, the song "My Gal," and she introduced him to Johnny Cash and Tex Ritter. Nelson was in Fol-de-Rol (1972), guest starred on McCloud, The Streets of San Francisco, Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, Petrocelli, A Twist in the Tale, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, and The Love Boat. Even though Rick's unexpected death hit the family hard, the Nelson household's troubles began long before his death. At night, his sleep was eased with a vaporizer emitting tincture of evergreen. Only the two pilots survived. However, instead of dropping him, Decca kept him on board. Having the full weight of the American Broadcasting Corporation behind him at the start of his career certainly guaranteed that the younger son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson would sell a few records, but it didn’t guarantee that he wouldn’t stink. Clockwise from left: Matthew Nelson, Sam Nelson, Kristin Nelson, Tracy Nelson… [11][8] Ricky joined his parents and brother in Los Angeles in 1942. Memories of You / Computerman / Parlez Vous? [82] After years of legal proceedings, they were divorced in December 1982. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952) and Rio Bravo (1959). [13][14] The show debuted on Sunday, October 8, 1944, to favorable reviews. [89] Blair died with Nelson in the airplane fire. [38][39] About the same time, he made an unpaid public appearance, singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" with the Four Preps at a Hamilton High School lunch-hour assembly[36] in Los Angeles and was greeted by hordes of screaming teens who had seen the television episode. Before the age of five, Tracy had a film credit to her name. [32][41] When the television series went on summer break in 1957, Nelson made his first road trip and played four state and county fairs in Ohio and Wisconsin with the Four Preps, who opened and closed for him. He recorded 19 additional Top 10 hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. In 1972, Nelson reached the Top 40 one last time with "Garden Party", a song he wrote in disgust after a Richard Nader Oldies Concert at Madison Square Garden where the audience booed, perhaps against some unrelated police action. Like Elvis himself, Nelson saw his commercial appeal take a major hit with the arrival of the Beatles in 1964. That launched Ricky Nelson’s career as a teen idol, with such hits as “Hello Mary Lou,” “Travelin’ Man” and later, “Garden Party.” (Nelson died in 1985 from a plane crash. Nelson did not provide for Blair in his will.[92]. All seven passengers, including Blair, died. – NME – May 1960[56]. On December 31, 1985, Ricky died in a plane crash. Two years after the tragic death of his father, legendary rock and roller Rick Nelson, Sam Nelson is cradled by mother Kristin Harmon in a photo for the September 7, 1987 issue of People magazine. Miklos Horthy, the anticommunist regent and virtual dictator of Hungary, who had once hoped to keep his ...read more, On December 31, 1961, President John F. 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