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Funeral set for Adm King in Washington and Annapolis
Funeral services for Fleet Adm Ernest J King will be held Friday at Washington National Cathedral with burial at the Naval Academy Annapolis. King died at Portsmouth Naval Hospital at 77 after heart failure linked to long hypertension. He led U S naval forces in World War II and was the first to hold both commander in chief and chief of naval operations simultaneously.
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