Henrietta King, 87; Wife of Boxing Promoter Don King
Bill Schenley
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FROM: ESPN.com
By Dan Rafael
Henrietta King, the love of boxing promoter
Don King's life and his wife for approximately
50 years, died late Thursday after a lengthy
illness. She was 87.
She had been ill with a variety of ailments and
was moved from a South Florida hospital to
a hospice Tuesday before she died, according
to King spokesman Alan Hopper.
After her death, King called Dana Jamison,
the vice president of boxing operations for
Don King Productions, Hopper said.
"Dana called me just after midnight and told me
that Don had called her to tell her that
Mrs. King had passed away," Hopper said.
"Dana said that all Don kept saying is that,
'I lost my best friend.' He always told me she
was the rock of the family. Mrs. King had been
sick for years. Don is with his family."
While Don King's public profile is larger than
life, Henrietta King was the polar opposite.
She never sought attention. She almost never
accompanied King to his fights or on trips
promoting fights that took him around the world,
and she declined interview requests over the
years.
But if "Henry," as he affectionately called her,
ever came up in conversation with King, his
eyes would light up.
"[She is] the woman behind whatever success
and achievement that I have accomplished in the
race of life in this great country of America and
the world," King had said of his wife.
She was, King said, "most of all, a faithful,
loyal, dedicated, committed wife. A grand and
great woman. Truly a gift from God, whom
I thank incessantly for."
King, 79, was in the office working for part
of Thursday before going back to the hospice
after dinner, Hopper said.
His wife's illness was one of the reasons King
had been distracted in the past few weeks during
the hunt for a venue for a Jan. 29 junior
welterweight unification fight between Devon
Alexander, whom King promotes, and Timothy
Bradley Jr., who is promoted by Gary Shaw.
Shaw spearheaded the search for the venue,
getting King to sign off this week on a deal
to bring the HBO fight to the Silverdome in
Pontiac, Mich.
"Don has been in doing work this week, but,
of course, he was also with his wife," Hopper
said.
Henrietta King is survived by her husband and
their three children, Eric, Debbie and Carl.
Hopper said funeral plans were pending.
Although she had resided in Florida for years,
she would be buried near Cleveland, their
hometown, where King still owns a home.
danny burstein
[snippeth, quoteth]
>After her death, King called Dana Jamison,
>the vice president of boxing operations for
>Don King Productions, Hopper said.
Now if I were writing the story, the above paragraph
would have been the lede, not buried way down..
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Kris Baker
"danny burstein" <dan...@panix.com> wrote in message
news:idf4jl$s2a$1...@reader1.panix.com...
> In <idf0o1$q9e$1...@news.eternal-september.org> "Bill Schenley"
> <stra...@neo.rr.com> writes:
> [snippeth, quoteth]
>
>>After her death, King called Dana Jamison,
>>the vice president of boxing operations for
>>Don King Productions, Hopper said.
>
> Now if I were writing the story, the above paragraph
> would have been the lede, not buried way down..
Yes. It truly is noteworthy. In fact, historic.
Kris
Charlene
> On Dec 4, 10:31 pm, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> > In <idf0o1$q9...@news.eternal-september.org> "Bill Schenley" <stray...@neo.rr.com> writes:
> > [snippeth, quoteth]
>
> > >After her death, King called Dana Jamison,
> > >the vice president of boxing operations for
> > >Don King Productions, Hopper said.
>
> > Now if I were writing the story, the above paragraph
> > would have been the lede, not buried way down..
>
> > --
>
> loop in that regard nor does a quick Google of the two names reveal
> anything relevant. So why was King’s grieving call to Dana Jamison,
> the vice president of his boxing operations, after the death of his
> wife noteworthy or historic or appropriate as the lead paragraph of
> the article?
I don't know, if I had someone who needed a casket I'd be calling the
VP of boxing operations too.
wd46
Bill Schenley
> > > > the vice president of boxing operations for
> > > > Don King Productions, Hopper said.
>
> > > Now if I were writing the story, the above
> > > paragraph would have been the lede, not buried
> > > way down..
>
> > so I'm out of the loop in that regard nor does
> > a quick Google of the two names reveal anything
> > relevant. So why was King’s grieving call to Dana
> > Jamison, the vice president of his boxing operations,
> > after the death of his wife noteworthy or historic
> > or appropriate as the lead paragraph of the article?
>
> I don't know, if I had someone who needed a casket
> I'd be calling the VP of boxing operations too.
Don King almost didn't make it to his dying wife's bedside. Between
arranging the Devon Alexander-Tim Bradley fight (January 29th 2011) and
trying to sign Floyd Mayweather, he almost missed the event ... [1]
"My wife is my life, you know what I mean?
My wife is the greatest lady in the world.
She has been with me and stuck with me
through ups and downs. She's a terrific lady.
A mother, a lover, a friend. A confidant that
I can talk to. She's a woman for all seasons
and all reasons.
"She personifies helping me, and with her
and God in the forefront, she's just made
my life worth living. She taught me to love
the life that you live, and to live the life that
you love. I guess we've been together for
50 years or so, you know, who knows?
It's been an eternity. She's the love of my
life."
- Don King -
[1] According to Fanhouse.com
~M~
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On Dec 4, 10:31 pm, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
> In <idf0o1$q9...@news.eternal-september.org> "Bill Schenley"
> [snippeth, quoteth]
>
> >After her death, King called Dana Jamison,
> >the vice president of boxing operations for
> >Don King Productions, Hopper said.
>
> Now if I were writing the story, the above paragraph
> would have been the lede, not buried way down..
>
> --
> I'm misssing something here. I don't follow boxing so I'm out of the
> loop in that regard nor does a quick Google of the two names reveal
> anything relevant. So why was King’s grieving call to Dana Jamison,
> the vice president of his boxing operations, after the death of his
> wife noteworthy or historic or appropriate as the lead paragraph of
> the article?
The way the paragraph reads, King called Dana Jamison after her own death,
without waiting three days even...
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