Kelly L. King, 54

October 11, 2017

Kelly L. King, 54, of Astoria, NY and formerly of Lancaster, passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 as a result of injuries suffered in a bicycling accident in New York City.
Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of William T. King, of Newmanstown, PA and the late Janis Lindley King who passed away in 2015.
Kelly was a 1987 graduate of Millersville University, earning a BS in Speech and Communications/Theater. He had worked as a radio DJ for local stations, worked as a bike messenger in Washington D.C. and most recently as an executive assistant at the New York City law office of Gibson Dunn Law Associates.
His true passion in life was the theater and the performing arts, with the stage being a placed he truly loved to be. He performed all across the United States in theater and musicals for decades, performing locally in productions at the Fulton and the Dutch Apple. He especially loved Shakespearean theater and was recently making plans for establishing a local theater company in Lititz. An artist of many talents, he also played the dulcimer, percussion and the mandolin and loved many genres of music.
He enjoyed traveling to destinations like Puerto Rico and Baja, Mexico. He enjoyed the outdoors, cycling, visiting West Virginia.
In addition to his father, Bill, he is survived by his brothers: Christopher L. married to Ann King of Lumberton, NJ, Jeffrey S. married to Janet King of East Petersburg, and J. Mitchell King of Lititz and by his nieces and nephews: Melissa, Aaron, Tyler, Kyle, and Kimberly, and friend, Ruth E. Peeling.
Friends will be received on Saturday, October, 28, 2017 from 10-11AM at the Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz, PA, with the Memorial service to follow at 11AM. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in Kelly’s memory to The Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E. 4th St., New York City, NY 10009.