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EDWARD J. KING, 1925-2006

Hundreds pay their respects

Public viewing again today, funeral Monday

From front, Governor Mitt Romney, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, former acting governor Jane M. Swift, and former governors William F. Weld and Michael S. Dukakis were at the State House to give the family of former governor Edward J. King condolences. Thomas P. O'Neill III is at rear.
From front, Governor Mitt Romney, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, former acting governor Jane M. Swift, and former governors William F. Weld and Michael S. Dukakis were at the State House to give the family of former governor Edward J. King condolences. Thomas P. O'Neill III is at rear. (Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan) Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan
By Brian MacQuarrie
Globe Staff / September 23, 2006

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As former governor Edward J. King lay in a closed casket draped with a Massachusetts flag yesterday, a solemn parade of public officials, past and present, offered their condolences to his family in the State House. (Full article: 719 words)

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