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Michael Reagan, adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, contends that Attorney General of the United States Robert F. Kennedy pressured GE to cancel The General Electric Theater or at least to fire Reagan as the host if the program were to continue. The series was not dropped because of low ratings but political intervention, the younger ...
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Dec 14, 2014 · This was hardly Kennedy's intention, however, when he unscrupulously threatened to cancel government contracts with General Electric unless the company fired the popular host of its Sunday evening television show, General Electric Theater, according to Reagan biographer and former aide Thomas C. Reed in his new book, "The Reagan Enigma: 1964-1980."
Jan 8, 2016 · After Robert Kennedy subpoenaed Reagan’s tax returns from 1952 to 1955, hoping to find evidence of a payoff from MCA, Reagan told his children that Kennedy had pressured GE to cancel his...
Feb 5, 2011 · As the company was negotiating some government contracts, Bobby Kennedy, the attorney general of the United States, bluntly informed GE that if the company wished to do business with the U.S ...
The changes took place during the time when he served as host of the General Electric Theater on television.
General Electric Theater: Created by Joe Connelly. With Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin. An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week.
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[A] few months after [subpoenaing Reagan before a grand jury], Kennedy tried to get him fired from General Electric Theater. Or, at least, that’s what Reagan believed.
