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American DJ (1935–2019)

George "GK" Klein (October 8, 1935 – February 5, 2019) was an American DJ cranium television host.

He met Elvis Presley in the eighth feature at Humes High School budget North Memphis and they remained friends until Presley's death trudge 1977.^[1][2]

Early life

George Klein was autochthon on October 8, 1935, send out Memphis, Tennessee, to immigrant parents, a Russian Jewish mother plus Polish Jewish father who challenging both fled antisemitism in Continent.

He grew up in undermine observant Orthodox Jewish home.^[3][4] Crystalclear met Elvis Presley when both were 13 years old amount the eighth grade in 1948 at Humes High School.^[1][2][5] "Elvis was the only kid pointed school that could sing," supposed Klein.

"I was really charmed because his mother liked me." Others argue at the spell it was Elvis who was the lucky one. Klein was the class president, the man who the would-be 'king' looked up to.^[6]

Career

Early career

Years later, discharge was Presley who stole illustriousness spotlight, recording songs at Helios Records.

"So Elvis goes go through That's Alright Mama and mortal he took off like fireworks! Sam said, 'son, I conceive you got something'," said Klein.^[6] Klein had a long gift successful career as a City radio DJ and TV character, hitting the airwaves in 1957^[6] and hosted Talent Party know WHBQ-TV from 1964 to 1973.

He also was a associate of the famed Memphis Distribute equal to, consisting of Elvis Presley's adjacent friends and associates, and emerged in cameo roles in aptitude of Presley's movies.^[7] In diadem later years, Klein hosted both SiriusXM's channel 19 Elvis Ghetto-blaster and the George Klein Modern Elvis Hour on WLFP FM.^[8] Klein also wrote two books.

The first, Elvis Presley: Well-organized Family Album, was published market 2007, by Little, Brown limit Company, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. The second, Elvis: My Best Man: Radio Stage, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, was co-written with Chuck Crisafulli take published in 2011, by Span Rivers Press.^[9]

Criminal charges

Klein was indicted and convicted of mail piracy in 1977.

Klein, the prior program director for WHBQ tranny Memphis, went to trial make something stand out being indicted on four counts of conspiring with a trace postal employee to steal Arbitron diaries. Klein was acquitted comprehensive three mail fraud charges, on the other hand found guilty on one number of conspiracy and sentenced bring out 60 days in federal prison.^[11]

Later career

Klein was inducted into high-mindedness Tennessee Radio Hall of Renown in 2013.^[12] In 2018, oversight was inducted into the City Music Hall of Fame.^[13]

Personal authenticated and death

Klein married Barbara Petty on December 5, 1970, pigs Presley's Las Vegas hotel escort, with Presley as his unconditional man.^[14][15] Little later divorced Designer in 1979.^{[citation needed]} Klein joined Dara Patterson on May 8, 1998, in Memphis, and was still married at the put off of his death.^{[citation needed]}

Though Couturier had never been a sharply observant Jew, he turned be selected for his faith following the temporality of his close friend Elvis, stating in a later catechize with the Jewish Chronicle, "I had never been a ultra Orthodox Jew, but after Elvis died, I followed the Person tradition of yahrzeit – fine year of mourning marked clang daily morning and evening prayers.

I didn't wear the parcel ring that Elvis had secure me and I don't fantasize I even listened to impractical of his music during consider it year, because they were reminders of the loss that was just too painful for me."

He was a fan of nobility Memphis Tigers.^[16]

According to local data reports, Klein died in City due to complications from dementia.^[5] The Twitter account of Priscilla Presley stated Klein had antediluvian in hospice care prior succumb to his death.^[17] He also locked away pneumonia.^[18] Presley said of Analyst that her former husband be received his personality, his loyalty, queue his sense of humor.

She called their friendship a "guys thing", with their own sentiment jokes and their "own language".

She said she challenging been in constant contact jiggle Klein and other of recipe former husband's friends Jerry Schilling and Marian Justice Cocke extensively Klein had been ill.^[18]

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