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File:Kill Billions.jpg|link=Kill Billions|'''''[[Kill Billions]]''''' is a 2003 American nuclear war film starring Edward Teller and David Carradine.
File:On the Beach Party.jpg|link=On the Beach Party|'''''[[On the Beach Party]]''''' is a 1959 beach party cautionary drama starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.
File:J. Robert Oppenheimer.jpg|link=J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|"Aw shucks, I'm no musician," says [[J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|Oppenheimer]].  "You must be thinking of someone else."
File:J. Robert Oppenheimer.jpg|link=J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|"Aw shucks, I'm no musician," says [[J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|Oppenheimer]].  "You must be thinking of someone else."
File:Chairman Dies of House Committee investigating Un-American activities.jpg|link=House Un-American Activities Committee (nonfiction)|The [[House Un-American Activities Committee (nonfiction)|House Un-American Activities Committee]] summons J. R. Oppenheimer to testify about the origins and significance of his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds".
File:Chairman Dies of House Committee investigating Un-American activities.jpg|link=House Un-American Activities Committee (nonfiction)|The [[House Un-American Activities Committee (nonfiction)|House Un-American Activities Committee]] summons J. R. Oppenheimer to testify about the origins and significance of his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds".


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== Fiction cross-reference ==
* ''[[Kill Billions]]''
* ''[[On the Beach Party]]''


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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

Revision as of 22:16, 26 January 2023

Musician and physicist J. R. Oppenheimer performs his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Old Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Julius Robert "J. R." Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, theoretical physicist, and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

He is best remembered for his controversial hit song "Destroyer of Worlds".

See also J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction).

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External links

  • Post @ Twitter (9 July 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (18 February 2022)