David King, British graphic designer, art collector and writer, Died at 73

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David King was born in 1943 in London, and died in 2016.

He was a British graphic designer, historian and collector of Soviet art born in London.

David studied at the London school of Printing and Graphic arts.

Mr. King had given his extraordinary gifts as an artist to salvaging the historical truth of the Russian Revolution of 1917.

His aftermath from beneath the vast and now wrecked edifice of Stalinist crimes and lies.

He suffered a heart attack, after which he discharged himself from hospital and died peacefully in this home, surrounded by his life time of work.

I am king : a photographic biography of Muhammad Ali. 1975, ISBN 0140040889, ‘How the GPU Murdered Trotsky, 1977, by the International Committee of the Fourth International, illustrations by David King, David Elliott & David King: Alexander Rodchenko. 1979, ISBN 090583612X, Ordinary Citizens: The Victims of Stalin. 2003, ISBN 1903427150, Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union. 2009 and many more.

David King passed away at 73 yrs old.