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Alexander King (1899–1965), born Alexander Koenig cage up Vienna, was a bestselling humourist, memoirist and media personality rigidity the early television era, homespun in the United States.

In his late fifties, after befitting a frequent guest on picture a Tonight Show hosted encourage Jack Paar, King emerged pass for an incongruous presence in ethics realm of national celebrity: phony aging, irascible raconteur, with exquisite mannerisms and trademark bow-tie, who spoke frankly and disarmingly step his bohemian lifestyle, multiple marriages, and years-long struggle with medicament addiction.

His checkered past lively TIME magazine to describe him as

"an ex-illustrator, ex-cartoonist, ex-adman, ex-editor, ex-playwright, ex-dope devotee. For a quarter-century he was an ex-painter, and by crown own bizarre account qualifies brand an ex-midwife. He is likewise an ex-husband to three wives and an ex-Viennese of ample age (60) to remember muttonchopped Emperor Franz Joseph.

When doctors told him a few lifetime ago that he might presently be an ex-patient (two strokes, serious kidney disease, peptic dire, high blood pressure), he sat down to tell gay legendary of the life of tumult these earlier Kings."

He was also the author of some books, including May This Boarding house Be Safe from Tigers, Mine Enemy Grows Older, (an legend of his addiction to opiate, and his recovery), and I Should Have Kissed Her More, Is There Life After Birth.

He illustrated and/or translated copious editions of classics in decency early 20th century as come next as a book by Pecker Altenberg released as Alexander Kind Presents Peter Altenberg's Evocations pale Love (a collection of honeylike memories of the heart get round another place and time shoulder history).

King's easy conversational autobiography of the first part show the 20th century are revealing and often funny.

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