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Don King gets an audience with the Pope -
Don King in front row for pope
By DANIELA PETROFF, Associated Press Writer Wed Mar 21, 11:28 AM ET
VATICAN CITY - Don King got a front row seat at Pope Benedict XVI's general audience Wednesday. The usually flamboyant boxing promoter, wearing a blue suit with his preferred high hair style primly flattened for the papal event, gave the pope a green-and-gold boxing belt and a handwritten letter asking for prayers for people ranging from President Bush to the world's sick and aged.
"I was thrilled to be there. It was a deep spiritual experience," King told The Associated Press after the two-hour open-air audience in St. Peter's Square.
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