Early Years
Klein was born in Calgary to Phillip Andrew Klein (born September 29, 1917) and Florence Harper (1924–2004). His parents separated when he was 6 and he lived with his maternal grandparents in the city's northend. Remarried twice, Gray died in 2004. Klein grew up in a working class part of Calgary and dropped out of high school. He joined the RCAF reserves. Completing high school later in life, Klein attended Calgary Business College, and later served as president of that institution. He later studied at Athabasca University. He was public relations official at Red Cross and United Way's offices in Calgary from 1963 to 1969. From 1969 to 1980 he was a television reporter.
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“If there is a price to pay for the privilege of spending the early years of child rearing in the driver’s seat, it is our reluctance, our inability, to tolerate being demoted to the backseat. Spurred by our success in programming our children during the preschool years, we may find it difficult to forgo in later states the level of control that once afforded us so much satisfaction.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)