Saturday, November 14th, 2009...7:15 am
Bruce King
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Bruce King, who served as Governor of the State of New Mexico for three non-consecutive terms, has passed away at the age of 85. His gentle, cowboy manner and frequent malaprops (“A whole box of Pandoras…”) belied a sharp mind and sterling political skills. I had the honor of meeting the man on two occasions.
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November 14th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
He was a neighbor to me as well as a man I greatly admired.
I think I posted this on your other board, but when I lived in Moriarty, NM, Bruce King was a fixture in the community and volunteered time at the school.
He did a lot to make schools, communities and other institutions better across NM and he will be missed.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I also saw him work a room, and he was a master at it. He could walk into a restaurant where there were 50 people eating, shake everyone’s hand and give them a pleasant greeting and leave pretty much every one of them feeling like he had gone out of his way just to meet them. It was amazing.