January 20, 1965…Disc jockey (WINS, WABC in New York City, WJW-Cleveland, WAKR-Akron)/concert promoter/movie actor (Rock Around the Clock, Go Johnny Go!, Rock Rock Rock!, Don't Knock the Rock, Mister Rock and Roll) Alan Freed, the person credited with coining the term rock 'n' roll, died of uremia and cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 43. Initially interred at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, his ashes were moved in 2002 to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and were returned to Freed's family in 2015.