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Henrietta King, wife of boxing promoter, dies

The Columbian
Published: December 3, 2010, 12:00am

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Henrietta King, wife of boxing promoter Don King, has died in South Florida. She was 87.

Don King’s spokesman Robert Weneck confirmed that Henrietta King died Thursday night from complications from stomach cancer.

Weneck says Don King and her family were with her when she died at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton.

Henrietta and Don King were married for more than 50 years. They lived in Manalapan and their hometown of Cleveland.

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