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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Why would they need his permission? Ted, that doesn't sound right to me, he was a public figure and the copyright to the song would have been with its author.

Legally, they wouldn't have needed his permission, but I'm guessing they wanted his blessing anyway out of respect. Weird Al Yankovic always asks the original singers of his parody songs for permission, and won't do a parody without that permission, even though legally his parodies are covered under fair use.