We were going concerns once too --
Starr Faithfull
And then there was the most popular radio comedy of all time, that you don't dare mention today -
Amos 'n Andy
A few more
H. L. Mencken
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Timothy Leary
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C. H. Douglas
Gaylord Hauser
All were well known in their day for their controversial ideas, now largely forgotten
Um. The first Belmont Stakes was held at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, built in 1866 by stock market speculator Leonard Jerome (1817–1891) and financed by August Belmont Sr. (1816–1890), for whom the race was named.