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60s Men: Kennedy, King and Warhol

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60s Men: Kennedy, King and Warhol

Martin Luther, JFK and George Best. Bobby Moore, Andy Warhol and Sonny Liston. The 1960s male certainly had no shortage of role models...

60s Season: Andy Warhol
His work of Coca-Cola bottles and Campbells soup led him to the forefront of the Pop Art Movement...
60s Season: Martin Luther King
MLK was a dignified leader of the civil rights movement and his passionate oratory convinced 1960s America that racial inequalities in U.S. society had to be eradicated...

60s Season: JFK
Young, glamourous and sexy - the US welcomed him as a breath of fresh air - but it didn't last long...

60s Season: George Best
George Best wasn't just one of the greatest footballers this country has ever produced. He was the sport's first superstar...

60s Season: Sonny Liston
Charles 'Sonny' Liston had a bad start in life, but he went onto become one the greatest - if not controversial - fighters of his time...

60s Season: Bobby Moore
Team Captain for the 1966 World Cup, Bobby Moore was one of Britain's media darlings.
 

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