Larry King Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === ''Larry King Live'' === ''[[Larry King Live]]'' began on CNN in June 1985. King hosted a broad range of guests, from figures such as [[UFO conspiracy theory|UFO conspiracy theorists]] and alleged [[psychic]]s,<ref>One notable guest was [[Sylvia Browne]], who in 2005 told the ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine that King, a believer in the paranormal, asks her to do private [[psychic reading]]s. {{Cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6826824/site/newsweek/|title=Predictions: Jacko Convicted, But Blake Gets Off | work =[[Newsweek]]|date=January 14, 2005|first=Ramin|last=Setoodeh|access-date= January 31, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070211211432/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6826824/site/newsweek/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date = February 11, 2007}}</ref> to prominent politicians and entertainment industry figures, often giving their first or only interview on breaking news stories on his show. After broadcasting his CNN show from 9 to 10 p.m., King then traveled to the studios of the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]] to do his radio show,<ref name=91int>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-06-30/features/9101230817_1_larry-king-radio-show-previous-show/2|title=The Man Who Can't Stop Talking Starting In South Florida, Larry King Has Been Live And On The Air For More Than 30 Years. On Radio And Tv, When The King Of Talk Speaks, The World Listens.|work=Sun Sentinel|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=June 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630114050/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-06-30/features/9101230817_1_larry-king-radio-show-previous-show/2|url-status=live}}</ref> when both shows still aired. Two of his best-remembered interviews involved political figures. In 1992, billionaire [[Ross Perot]] announced his presidential bid on the show. In 1993, a debate between [[Al Gore]] and Perot became CNN's most-watched segment until 2015.<ref name="Miller">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Hayley |last2=Moran |first2=Lee |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Larry King, Iconic TV And Radio Interviewer, Dies At 87 |newspaper=[[HuffPost]] |via=[[Yahoo!]]|url=https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/larry-king-dead-130805161.html |quote=He rose above personal tragedy, financial despair and half a dozen divorces to become one of the most revered and prolific interviewers in broadcasting.}}</ref> Unlike many interviewers, King had a direct, non-confrontational approach. His reputation for asking easy, open-ended questions made him attractive to important figures who wanted to state their position while avoiding being challenged on contentious topics.<ref name=NYT120110>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/world/europe/02putin.html|title=Blunt and Blustery, Putin Responds to State Department Cables on Russia|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Barry, Ellen|date=December 1, 2010|access-date=December 3, 2010|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105236/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/world/europe/02putin.html|url-status=live}}</ref> King said that when interviewing authors, he did not read their books in advance, so that he would not know more than his audience.<ref name=wdvm>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAMIRT4P62I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/aAMIRT4P62I| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Larry King Mutual Radio 1982|work=YouTube|access-date=November 2, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=91int/> Throughout his career, King interviewed many of the leading figures of his time. According to CNN, King conducted more than 30,000 interviews in his career.<ref name="fastfacts">[http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/27/us/larry-king-fast-facts/ ''Larry King Fast Facts''] CNN. May 5, 2013</ref> An avid sports fan, King wrote a regular column for ''[[The Sporting News]]'' during the 1980s. King also wrote a regular column in ''[[USA Today]]'' for almost 20 years, from shortly after that first national newspaper's debut in [[Baltimore–Washington]] in 1982 until September 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/lking.htm|work=[[USA Today]]|date=September 23, 2001|author=King, Larry|title=A New York boy pays tribute, bids farewell|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-date=September 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906105034/http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/lking.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The column consisted of short "plugs, superlatives and dropped names" but was dropped when the newspaper redesigned its "Life" section.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/business/larry-king-s-weekly-column-for-usa-today-to-be-dropped.html|title=Larry King's Weekly Column for USA Today to Be Dropped|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Barringer, Felicity|date=September 5, 2001|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105244/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/business/larry-king-s-weekly-column-for-usa-today-to-be-dropped.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The column was resurrected in blog form in November 2008<ref>{{cite news|url=http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/24/kings-thingsmy-two-cents/|title=King's Things: It's My Two Cents|date=November 24, 2008|work=CNN|author=King, Larry|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-date=August 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817085452/http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/24/kings-thingsmy-two-cents/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and on Twitter in April 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/KingsThings|title=King's Things|author=King, Larry|publisher=Twitter|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-date=March 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303183126/http://twitter.com/kingsthings|url-status=live}}</ref> During his career, King conducted more than 60,000 interviews.<ref name="Levin">{{cite news |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/01/23/larry-king-cnn-talk-show-legend-dies/331963002 |via=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |work=[[USA Today]] |title=Larry King, CNN talk-show legend, dies at 87 after being hospitalized with COVID-19 |last1=Levin |first1=Gary|date=January 23, 2021|quote=By his count, he interviewed well over 60,000 subjects, and when his run on cable ended in 2010, he segued to the Internet with "Larry King Now", a daily talk show on Hulu from Ora TV, and became an active presence on Twitter. ... King’s interview subjects were a virtual Who’s Who. They ranged from the late Palestinian leader [[Yasser Arafat]] and the late Israeli Prime Minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]], U.S. presidents [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]], and thousands of others, including [[Paul McCartney]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Dr. Martin Luther King]], [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Marlon Brando]], [[Madonna]] and [[Malcolm X]].}}</ref> CNN's Larry King Live became "the longest-running television show hosted by the same person, on the same network and in the same time slot", and was recognized for it by the [[Guinness Book of World Records]].<ref name="Martinez">{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/12/16/larry.king.finale/index.html|title=Larry King ends his record-setting run on CNN |first1=Michael |last1=Martinez |publisher= CNN |date=December 17, 2010|access-date=January 24, 2021}}</ref> He retired in 2010 after taping 6,000 episodes of the show.<ref name="Kludt">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/larry-king-dies-trnd/index.html |title=Larry King, legendary talk show host, dies at 87 |first1=Tom |last1=Kludt |first2=Brad |last2=Parks |first3=Ray |last3=Sanchez |work=CNN|date=January 24, 2021}}</ref> ==== Departure ==== On June 29, 2010, King announced that after 25 years, he would be stepping down as the show's host. However, he stated that he would remain with CNN to host occasional specials.<ref name="bbcshowend">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10457092.stm|title=Larry King to end long-running US TV chat show|work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=BBC|date=June 30, 2010|access-date=September 9, 2010}}</ref> The announcement came in the wake of speculation that CNN had approached [[Piers Morgan]], the British television personality and journalist, as King's primetime replacement,<ref name="morganapproach">{{Cite news|work=[[The Spy Report]] |publisher=Media Spy |date=June 16, 2010 |access-date=September 9, 2010 |title=CNN denies Larry King will be replaced |url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/06/16/us-cnn-denies-larry-king-will-be-replaced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118031148/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/06/16/us-cnn-denies-larry-king-will-be-replaced/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2010 }}</ref> which was confirmed that September.<ref name="signcnn">{{Cite news|work=The Spy Report |publisher=Media Spy |date=September 9, 2010 |access-date=September 9, 2010 |title=Piers Morgan signs on as Larry King replacement |url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/09/09/us-piers-morgan-signs-on-as-larry-king-replacement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915063358/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/09/09/us-piers-morgan-signs-on-as-larry-king-replacement/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="cnncit">{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/08/morgan.replaces.king/index.html|title=Piers Morgan to join CNN with prime-time hour in Larry King slot|last=Duke|first=Alan|work=[[ABC News]] |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|author2=Braiker, Brian|date=June 30, 2010|access-date=September 9, 2010}}</ref> The final edition of ''Larry King Live'' aired on December 16, 2010.<ref name="endcnn">{{cite news|work=The Spy Report |publisher=Media Spy |date=December 17, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |title=Larry King signs off from CNN talk show |url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/12/17/us-larry-king-signs-off-from-cnn-talk-show/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223134449/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/12/17/us-larry-king-signs-off-from-cnn-talk-show/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> The show concluded with his last thoughts and a thank you to his audience for watching and supporting him over the years. The concluding words of Larry King on the show were, "I... I, I don't know what to say except to you, my audience, thank you. And instead of goodbye, how about so long."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iknowjack.radio.com/2010/12/17/photos-larry-kings-final-cnn-larry-king-live-broadcast-party/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050246/http://iknowjack.radio.com/2010/12/17/photos-larry-kings-final-cnn-larry-king-live-broadcast-party/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2010|title=Photos: Larry King's Final CNN "Larry King Live" Broadcast Party|publisher=iknowjack.radio.com}}</ref> On February 17, 2012, CNN announced that he would no longer host specials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/02/cnn-officially-severs-ties-with-larry-king.html|title=CNN officially severs ties with Larry King| work = [[Los Angeles Times]] |date= February 15, 2012|access-date= February 18, 2012}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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