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Ken Kragen (1936–2021), organizer of “We Are the World” and Hands Across America

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Ken Kragen was a music manager and TV producer who organized the famous “We Are the World” and Hands Across America charity events in the 1980s.One of Kragen’s earliest jobs in the entertainment world was as a production coordinator, and later executive producer, of “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.” There, he met Kenny Rogers (1938–2020), later becoming his manager.

Kragen also managed other artists including Lionel Richie, the Bee Gees, Trisha Yearwood, and Burt Reynolds (1936–2018). In 1985, Harry Belafonte inspired Kragen to assemble dozens of musicians to record “We Are the World,” the hit single that raised more than $50 million for African famine relief.

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