Ed Sullivan

Events involving this person

c. January 1959
probable
1 tellings, oldest first. A date in brackets shows how it is known; "circa", "after" and "possible" dates are rough.
Date Lecture or book Telling Passage
1964-01-23 [exact/certain/final] No Other Foundation Take a simple little thing like here in Cuba…they all say to the world…don’t you recall Ed Sullivan’s picture? He brought him on the stage on a Sunday night. Ed Sullivan still goes on because people have very short memories. But I saw it vividly and recall it, he brought him on and put his arms around him and embraced him as “the George Washington of Cuba.” He embraced him, and there he hugged him before the whole vast country because Sullivan has a huge rating…and here is the George Washington of the country. He went off to Washington and he rode with Mr. Eisenhower, and he met all of the… 531019