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Thomas Albert Tom King is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Emmerdale who appeared on the show from 29 February 2004 before being killed off on 25 December 2006 in a long-running whodunit storyline dubbed Who Killed Tom King?. He was last seen on 27 December 2006 as a dead body in a morgue. Throughout his time on the show he was portrayed by Ken Farrington. Farrington reprised the role briefly as a ghost in a Text Santa special on 20 December 2013.