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(1927-2004) Writer. Alan King was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Alan King

Locations

Nassau

Author's Timeline

1927

BIRTH

Alan King was born Irwin Alan Kniberg in Brooklyn, New York, on December 26, 1927.

1962

LITWORK

Anybody Who Owns His Own Home Deserves It
E. P. Dutton

Humor written with Kathryn Ryan.

1964

LITWORK

Help! I'm A Prisoner In A Chinese Bakery
Dutton
1199537500 / 978-1199537508
Humor written with Jack Shurman.

1985

LITWORK

Is Salami and Eggs Better Than Sex? Memoirs of a Happy Eater
Little Brown & Co
0316493651 / 978-0316493659
Humor written with Mimi Sheraton.

1996

LITWORK

Name-Dropping: The Life And Lies Of Alan King
Scribner
0684803844 / 978-0684803845
Memoir written with Chris Chase.

2002

LITWORK

Alan King's Great Jewish Joke Book
Crown
0609609246 / 978-0609609248
Joke book.

2004

DEATH

Alan King died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, New York, on May 9, 2004.

2004

RESIDENCE

Mr. King lived in Kings Point, New York, at the time of his death.

2004

INTERMENT

Alan King was interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, New York.

2005

LITWORK

Matzo Balls For Breakfast And Other Memories Of Growing Up Jewish
Thorndike Press
0786273208 / 978-0786273201
Memoirs.

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