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Don King

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Also known as Donald King

American boxing promoter

Person · Open Library

Works
10

Top works

  • First of the Last Days
  • Hunting the Elusive Ginseng for Fun and Profit
  • Out of the Loft
  • Taking Every Thought Captive
  • Introduction to Health Care Facilities Management

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Film & TV

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald "Don" King (born August 20, 1931) is an American boxing promoter particularly known for his hairstyle and flamboyant personality. His career highlights include promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the "Thrilla in Manila", as well as orchestrating the ascent of Mike Tyson. King has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing, including…

Known for

  • The Final Round — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Los lunes a las 9 — Self (Archive Footage)2022
  • Untold: Deal with the Devil — Self - Boxing Promoter (archive footage)2021
  • Bruno v Tyson — Self2021
  • The Real Michael Jackson — Self2020
  • Tommy — Self2017
  • The Making of Trump — Self (archive footage)2015
  • Chasing Tyson — Self2015
  • Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self2012

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1947-09-21

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Total plays
16,046

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Don King refers to either the Country-Western solo artist or the post-No Wave group. 1.) Donald Alan (Don) King (b. May 4, 1954, in Fremont, Nebraska) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and trumpeter. In the 1970s and 1980s, he recorded a total of four major label albums, and charted more than fifteen hit singles on the Billboard country music charts. 2.) Formed in 1981, this post-no wave NYC anti-supergroup teamed Mars refugees Lucy Hamilton and Mark Cunningham with percussionist D

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Donald
Family name
King
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Cleveland
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Sport
boxing
Official website
donking.com
Image
Don King by Frederick Johnson.jpg
Number of children
5
Convicted of
murder
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Commons category
Don King
date of birth
1931-08-20
ethnic group
African Americans
name in native language
Don King
start of work period
1954-00-00
writing language
English language
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