Ken Kragen
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Ken Kragen is an entertainment lawyer and activist.
In 1985, he was instrumental in securing the talent that appeared on the fund-raising single We Are the World. The group, known as USA for Africa, included Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Cindy Lauper, Kenny Rogers, and many other pop music stars of the day. A year later, Kragen organized Hands Across America, a transcontinental human chain which involved five million people. Both projects raised millions of dollars to help hungry and homeless people around the world.
Kragen has also been Harry Belafonte's longtime agent and a professor at UCLA. He was also personal manager to country music star Kenny Rogers for many years.
