We agree, certainly. Unfortunately, so many times an excess of talent is combined with a utopian worldview, Leftist or Rightist. Dean Reed, by the way, was probably murdered by Stasi.
From what I’ve heard about Paul Robeson, he had a great voice. His political beliefs were naive, at bets.
Or he killed himself, which does’t say much for his life over there. Also, they said his wife was spying on him for the Stasi.