George Kirby (a talented comedian, impressionist, and singer known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices") delivered a powerful, dramatic recitation of the poem "King Heroin" on an episode of Tony Brown's Journal (episode #603, from the early 1980s, around 1983). This performance is iconic in Black media and anti-drug messaging circles. Kirby, who had personal experience battling heroin addiction (having been duped by it multiple times, including serving prison time), performs the piece inimitably—pe