Alexander King (author)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Script error: No such module "Other people". Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

File:Portrait of Alexander King and Margie King LCCN2004663132.jpg
Alexander King and Margie (Mary Lou Swett) in 1962

Alexander King (November 13, 1899 – November 16, 1965), born Alexander Rosenfeld, was a humorist, memoirist, and media personality of the early television era, based in the United States.

Early life

Alexander King was born on November 13, 1899, in the Austro-Hungarian city of Vienna. His family moved to the United States just before the First World War.[1]

Career

In 1958, King published the book Mine Enemy Grows Older. Its popularity caused him to receive public acclaim and he was soon after invited onto The Tonight Show by its host Jack Paar. He became a frequent guest on the show.[1]

May This House Be Safe From Tigers was published in January, 1960, and I Should Have Kissed Her More exactly a year later. Is There a Life After Birth? appeared in 1963.

On November 15, 1965, King published his book Rich Man, Poor Man, Freud and Fruit. The following day he appeared on television to promote it, but became ill shortly afterwards in his Manhattan apartment. He died later that day of a heart attack at Lenox Hill Hospital.[1]

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Authority control


Template:Asbox