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Jack King, ‘Voice of NASA,’ dies at 84

June 11, 2015 William Harwood

John W. “Jack” King, the calm, reassuring “Voice of NASA” who held the world riveted as he counted down the final seconds of the Apollo 11 launch to the moon, died Thursday after a long illness. He was 84.