found: Reed, John. John Reed, c2006:t.p. (John Reed) p. 1 (b. near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Feb. 13, 1916)
found: The Mikado, 1989, p1973:container (John Reed; sings role of Ko-Ko)
found: Boise State University, Dept. of Mathematics, Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Who was who, Feb. 2, 2009(John Reed; exponent of the comic baritone roles; caption to picture: John Reed as Ko-Ko in The Mikado; b. Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Feb. 13, 1916)
found: New York times WWW site, Mar. 1, 2010(in obituary published Feb. 27: John Reed; b. Feb. 13, 1916, near Bishop Auckland, England; d. Feb. 13, Halifax, England, aged 94; silver-tongued Gilbert and Sullivan singer)