Bernard James
(Bernard)
King
Born in Maleny, Queensland, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of [father unknown] and Dorothy Myrtle Doreen (White) King
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 68
in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2024
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Biography
Bernard King is Notable.
Bernard King was an Australian celebrity chef, television personality, and stage actor. He also gained a reputation for his acerbic statements as a judge on New Faces (Australia), and is regarded as having pioneered television "advertorials" wherein he showed off the use of many sponsor-supplied products.
Life Events
Bernard James King was born in 1934, in Maleny, Queensland, the son of Francis King and Dorothy Myrtle Doreen White.
As an openly gay man in an era long before same-sex marriage became legal, he never married and was rather known for his lack of a single life-partner. His longest known relationship was 13 years, although he also had a long-term platonic friendship with Sammy Davis Jr. Bernard's flamboyant on-screen persona also had him travel with two well built and barely clad male assistants known as The Bernardettes. These husky sidekicks would appear on cooking shows alongside Bernard, offering "eye candy" to all viewers.
Bernard James King passed away quite suddenly in 2002, and was afterwards cremated with a memorial plaque being added to the marker stone for his parents at the Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Memorial — Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/193511964/bernard_james-king: accessed April 9, 2024), memorial page for Bernard James King (25 Mar 1934–20 Dec 2002), Find A Grave: Memorial #193511964, citing Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by Katrina (contributor 48075129).
See also:
- Wikipedia: Bernard King (television)
- Wikidata: Item Q4893323, en:Wikipedia
- State Library of Queensland: Bernard king Collection gained.
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