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King was born in Cleveland, Ohio, as the fifth of six children to Clarence and Hattie King. [1] [6] Clarence worked at the Otis Steel plant owned by the Jones & Laughlin company and was killed in a workplace accident on December 7, 1941, when a ladle exploded and engulfed him in molten steel.
The 1977 United States Boxing Championships Series, also known internationally as the Ring Magazine Scandal [1] was a controversial professional boxing tournament which was organized by American boxing promoter Don King, and which involved fights that were telecast on American television network ABC. [2]
Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King, 533 U.S. 158 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the extent to which the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) applied to certain types of corporation-individual organizations. In this case, the Court decided unanimously to apply it to respondent Don King.
Don King: Only in America is a 1997 American television film directed by John Herzfeld and written by Kario Salem (based on the book Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King by Jack Newfield). The film stars actor Ving Rhames as Don King and tells the story of King becoming a famous fight promoter and boxing manager. [1]
[3] [5] [6] King was a rising figure in the Republican Party before the investigation, and owned multiple houses in Nebraska along with a house in Washington D.C. which he rented. [5] The Franklin Credit Union was raided by authorities investigating the embezzlement of tens of millions in November 1988.
Donald Alan King (born May 4, 1954, in Fremont, Nebraska) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and trumpeter. In the 1970s and 1980s, he recorded a total of four major label albums, and charted more than fifteen hit singles on the Billboard country music charts.
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. (July 8, 1931 – December 5, 2002) was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s.
Don King (born February 1926) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Hawaii for one season, in 1967. [1] King came to Hawaii in 1966 as an assistant under Phil Sarboe. From 1963 to 1965, he served as the head football coach at Shasta College, compiling a record of 11–15.