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The former host of The Old Grey Whistle Test has revealed US President Richard Nixon recruited the King to monitor Lennon when he was living in New York in the 1970s.
Nixon is said to have "loathed" the ex-Beatle because of his anti-Vietnam war stance.Speaking on the Rockenteurs podcast, Harris said the Beatle equally hated Presley and was shocked at what a ‘right-wing southern bigot’ he was.“Nixon loathed John Lennon.
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