Personal Life
King was married for 61 years until his wife's death in December 2008. He was the father of current New Mexico attorney general Gary King.
King was recovering from a heart procedure in September 2009 to adjust the pacemaker that was implanted after he had a heart attack in 1997. He died in Stanley on November 13, 2009.
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