John-King-Obituary

John King

Denver, Colorado

1927 - 2016

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John McCandish King left this world for a better place on January 13, 2016. Our Dad, John McCandish King, was a true Horatio Alger story of limited means to riches with global success as the first Legend of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas business. Dad was Chairman and CEO of public oil company...

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I was very saddened to read of John King's death. I worked as one of his assistants from 1968 until King Resources came to an end.
I'l never forget the day he came slamming out the back door of his office where my desk was and called me by my first name. I didn't think he was even aware that I worked for him until then. I was 24 years old and had never experienced the environment
that was King Resources. I had the opportunity of meeting some of the astronauts at that time and even...