Ralph Klein gets a hug from his wife, Colleen, during a party in Calgary celebrating Klein's 10 years as premier on Dec. 12, 2002. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press) ...

Ralph Klein, a high school dropout who parlayed a following as a television personality into a formidable political career, including a 14-year stretch as Alberta premier, died early Friday.

In the bustle of obituaries, Colby Cosh sets the record straight Ralph Klein, the former premier of Alberta, has died at 70. He shall not now ever be able to collect on the vast debt of apologies ...

Klein’s nickname "King Ralph" comes from his seemingly untouchable power, and his golden ability to win elections. Klein swept into the Calgary Mayor’s office in a landslide win, became a ...

Ralph Klein, the former Alberta premier who led the oil-rich Canadian province to 13 consecutive budget surpluses and paid down government debt, sparking a nationwide trend, has died. He was 70.

When Mark Shea met Ralph Klein at a homeless shelter a decade ago, he vowed that the premier's stinging, slurred rant would not define him. Mr. Shea was the homeless man who blew the whistle on Mr ...

When Ralph Klein reached the apex of his political career, he did so, appropriately enough, wearing a cowboy hat and jeans while flipping pancakes at the Calgary Stampede breakfast. It was July 12 ...

Former Ontario premier Mike Harris was in Calgary this week to bid farewell to his old friend Ralph Klein, who died last week. They shared far more than a love of golf and fishing. For many years ...

Ralph Lincoln Klein, founder of the nine-store Klein’s ShopRite of Maryland supermarket chain and a major philanthropist in his native Harford County, died Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Hooper House ...

Ralph N. Klein, age 78, of Kenosha, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at Winchester House in Libertyville, IL. Born on December 8, 1926 in Wilmette, IL, he was the son of the late Joseph and ...