Harold King (author)
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| Born |
Harold Raymond King, Jr. February 27, 1945 |
| Died | October 15, 2010 (aged 65) Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Hal King |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
| Occupation | Novelist; Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Elaine Tucker King (divorced) |
| Children |
Harold "Trey" King, III and wife Jenna Fontenot King |
| Parent(s) | Harold, Sr., and Anne M. King |
Harold "Trey" King, III and wife Jenna Fontenot King
Harold Raymond King, Jr. (February 27, 1945 – October 15, 2010), also known as Hal King, was an American author and journalist known for his 1975 novel Paradigm Red, which became the 1977 NBC television movie Red Alert.
The film version of the novel, made at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, stars William Devane, Michael Brandon, Adrienne Barbeau, and Ralph Waite, then at the peak of his success on CBS's The Waltons. In the story line, a nuclear power plant malfunctions and receives false information of a radiation leak. The crew is trapped inside the compound.
King was born to Anne M. King of Shreveport, Louisiana, and the United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Harold King, Sr. (1924–2000), formerly of Michigan. King's obituary does not give his place of birth or rearing, high school, or the college granting his undergraduate degree. He served in the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War. He received a Master of Arts degree in professional writing from the University of Oklahoma at Norman, Oklahoma. In the 1970s, he was an award-winning investigative reporter for Shreveport Times. His former wife, Elaine Tucker King (born 1949), was also on the newspaper staff. King taught an undergraduate writing course at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.
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