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Do not fill this in! {{Short description|American television and radio host (1933–2021)}} {{About|the television host}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Larry King | image = Larry King.jpg | caption = King in 2006 | birth_name = Lawrence Harvey Zeiger | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|19}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<!--No boroughs, just city per format--> | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|23|1933|11|19}} | occupation = {{hlist|Radio host|television host|author|spokesman}} | years_active = 1957–2021 | resting_place = [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]], Los Angeles | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{marriage|Freda Miller|1952|1953|end=annulled}} * {{marriage|Annette Kaye|1961|1961|end=div.}} * {{marriage|Alene Akins|1961|1963|reason=div.}} * {{marriage|Mickey Sutphin|1963|1967|end=div.}} * {{marriage|Alene Akins|1967|1972|reason=div.}} * {{marriage|Sharon Lepore|1976|1983|end=div.}} * {{marriage|Julie Alexander|1989|1992|end=div.}} * {{marriage|Shawn Southwick|1997|2019|end=sep.}} }} | children = 5 }} '''Larry King''' (born '''Lawrence Harvey Zeiger''';<ref name="JVL">{{cite web |title=Larry King |work=[[Jewish Virtual Library]] |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/larryking.html |access-date=September 6, 2013}}</ref> November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American author and radio and television host. His awards and nominations include two [[Peabody Award|Peabodys]], an [[Emmy]], and 10 [[Cable ACE Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=July 28, 2013|title=Larry King Politics Show Gets Global TV Distribution via Russian-Backed Network|url=https://variety.com/2013/digital/global/larry-king-politics-show-gets-global-tv-distribution-via-russian-backed-network-1200569116/|access-date=September 27, 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> King was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmys.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 27, 2011|title=Larry King receives Lifetime Achievement Award at 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmys|work=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni15931740/|access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref> During his career, King conducted over 50,000 interviews on radio and TV.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 23, 2021|title=Larry King: US TV legend who hosted 50,000 interviews|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55523881|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> King was born and raised in New York City to Jewish parents who immigrated to the United States from what is now [[Belarus]] in the 1920s. He studied at [[Lafayette High School (New York City)|Lafayette High School]], a public high school in Brooklyn. He was a [[WMBM]] radio interviewer in the Miami area in the 1950s and 1960s and beginning in 1978, gained national prominence as host of ''[[Larry King Show|The Larry King Show]]'', an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard over the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]].<ref name=wdvm/> From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program ''[[Larry King Live]]'' on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Larry King Live|url=https://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126105420/https://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=End Of Qtr Data-Q107 (minus 3 hours).xls|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/q107vs06.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324220807/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/q107vs06.pdf|archive-date=March 24, 2009|access-date=October 21, 2010}}</ref> King hosted ''[[Larry King Now]]'' from 2012 to 2020,<ref>{{cite web|title=Larry King Now|url=http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow|access-date=January 26, 2021|website=Ora TV}}</ref> which aired on [[Hulu]], [[Ora TV]], and [[RT America]]. He hosted ''[[Politicking with Larry King]]'', a weekly political talk show, on the same three channels from 2013 to 2020. King also appeared in television series and films, usually playing himself. He remained active until his death in 2021. On January 2, 2021, King was hospitalized with [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]] at the [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|Cedars-Sinai]] hospital in [[Los Angeles]]. King recovered from the virus, but died on January 23 from [[sepsis]] at the age of 87.<ref name="Kreps">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/larry-king-dead-obit-828733/ |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Larry King, Veteran TV and Radio Host, Dead at 87 |first1=Ryan |last1=Reed |first2=Daniel |last2=Kreps |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> == Early life and education == King was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York, on November 19, 1933.<ref>{{cite news |title=Five interesting things about Larry King |url=https://apnews.com/article/34dfa3571b5c41378b643f8c5273d205 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |agency=Associated Press |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 19, 2018 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105158/https://apnews.com/article/34dfa3571b5c41378b643f8c5273d205 |url-status=live }}</ref> His parents were [[Orthodox Jews]] who immigrated to the United States from [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Belarus]] in the 1920s.<ref name="JVL"/><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news|last=Obituaries|first=Telegraph|date=January 23, 2021|title=Larry King, broadcaster whose CNN show was the platform of choice for politicians and celebrities – obituary|language=en-GB|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/23/larry-king-broadcaster-whose-cnn-show-platform-choice-politicians/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/23/larry-king-broadcaster-whose-cnn-show-platform-choice-politicians/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=January 23, 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Легендарный американский телеведущий 76-летний Ларри Кинг разводится в восьмой раз|url=http://bulvar.com.ua/gazeta/archive/s16_63802/6090.html|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=bulvar.com.ua|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116030234/https://bulvar.com.ua/gazeta/archive/s16_63802/6090.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was one of two sons of Jennie (née Gitlitz), a garment worker who was born in [[Minsk]] in the [[Russian Empire]] (today in Belarus), and Aaron Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense-plant worker who was born in [[Pinsk]]<ref name="test">{{cite journal|last=Bloom|first=Nate|url=https://jweekly.com/2008/04/18/celebrities-16/|title=Celebrities|newspaper=[[Jweekly.com|Jewish Weekly]]|date=April 18, 2008|access-date=October 12, 2015|archive-date=March 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318020022/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/34806/celebrities|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11356 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040324093953/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11356 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2004 |date=November 14, 2003 |title=Q & A With Larry King | last= Wenig | first= Gaby |work=Jewish Journal|access-date=February 15, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=King|first1=Larry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cnlO8NDbKYC|title=When You're from Brooklyn, Everything Else is Tokyo|last2=Appel|first2=Martin|date=1993|publisher=Thorndike Press|isbn=978-1-56054-661-0|language=en}}</ref> (also in modern-day Belarus). King attended [[Lafayette High School (New York City)|Lafayette High School]], a public high school in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324128504578344613307656772|title=Larry King: Back in Brooklyn|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|first=Jason|last=Gay|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=March 8, 2015|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105305/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324128504578344613307656772|url-status=live}}</ref> When King was nine years old, his father died of a heart attack.<ref name=Saner>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/05/larry-king-cnn-piers-morgan-kardashians|title=Larry King: 'The secret of my success? I'm dumb'|date=November 5, 2015|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name=nyt15>{{Cite news|last=Leibovich|first=Mark|date=August 26, 2015|title=Larry King Is Preparing for the Final Cancellation (Published 2015)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/magazine/larry-king-is-preparing-for-the-final-cancellation.html|access-date=January 25, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This resulted in King, his mother, and brother going on government [[Welfare (financial aid)|welfare]].<ref name=Saner/> King was greatly affected by his father's death, and subsequently lost interest in his schoolwork.<ref name=bde>{{cite web|url=http://50.56.218.160/archive/category.php?category_id=23&id=39620 |title=King of the Brooklyn Celebrity Path |publisher=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |date=November 19, 2010 |first=Vernon |last=Parker |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141119052105/http://50.56.218.160/archive/category.php?category_id=23&id=39620 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 19, 2014 }}</ref> After graduating from high school, King worked to help support his mother.<ref name="BHoF">{{cite web|title=Larry King biography|url=http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin0bio-1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980201232837/http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin0bio-1|archive-date=February 1, 1998|access-date=July 27, 2010|work=Achievement.org|publisher=Broadcaster's Hall of Fame}}</ref> From an early age, he desired to work in radio broadcasting.<ref name="BHoF"/> == Career == === Miami radio and television === A [[CBS]] production supervisor, [[James F. Sirmons]], suggested he go to Florida which was a growing [[media market]] with openings for inexperienced broadcasters. King went to Miami, and after initial setbacks, he gained his first job in radio. The manager of a small station, WAHR<ref name="fussman">{{cite video |last= King |first= Larry |interviewer= Cal Fussman |title= Larry King on Getting Seduced |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yD8PzFFNFU#t=226 |publisher= [[PBS Digital Studios]] |location= Los Angeles |date= 2001 |work= Blank on Blank |access-date= July 23, 2014 |archive-date= January 3, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105250/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yD8PzFFNFU#t=226 |url-status= live |via=YouTube |transcript-url=https://blankonblank.org/interviews/larry-king-on-getting-seduced/ |transcript=Transcript}}</ref> (now [[WMBM]])<ref name=dn21>{{cite web|first=Richard |last=Wagoner |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2021/01/25/remembering-larry-king-and-the-success-of-his-nationwide-radio-show/ |title=Remembering Larry King and the success of his nationwide radio show – Daily News |publisher=Dailynews.com |date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], hired him to clean up and perform [[miscellaneous]] tasks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whyfame.com/celebrities/television/larry_king_60696.php |title=Larry King Biography |publisher=WhyFame |access-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410051118/http://www.whyfame.com/celebrities/television/larry_king_60696.php |archive-date=April 10, 2010 }}</ref> When one of the station's announcers abruptly quit, King was put on the air. His first broadcast was on May 1, 1957, working as the disc jockey from 9 a.m. to noon.<ref>{{cite web|first=Caitlin A.|last=Johnson|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/28/earlyshow/leisure/books/main2523708.shtml|title=Larry King Celebrates 50 Years On Air|work= [[CBS News]]|date= February 11, 2009|access-date= February 18, 2012}}</ref> He also did two afternoon newscasts and a sportscast. He was paid $50 a week. He acquired the name Larry King when the general manager declared that Zeiger was too difficult to remember<ref>{{cite web|author=Christina and Jordana |url=http://www.schemamag.ca/archive2/2010/07/goodbye_larry_king_1.php |title=Goodbye Larry King |work=Schema Magazine |date=July 5, 2010 |access-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716000131/http://www.schemamag.ca/archive2/2010/07/goodbye_larry_king_1.php |archive-date=July 16, 2010 }}</ref> ("too German, too Jewish and not showbusiness enough"<ref name="Telegraph"/>), so minutes before airtime, Larry chose the surname "King", which he got from an advertisement in the ''[[Miami Herald]]'' for King's Wholesale Liquor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1223720/inside-larry-kings-towering-legacy-an-intrepid-interviewer-who-just-loved-to-ask-questions |title=Inside Larry King's Towering Legacy: An Intrepid Interviewer Who Just Loved to Ask Questions |last=Finn |first=Natalie |date=January 23, 2021 |website=[[E!]] |access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref> Within two years, he legally changed his name to Larry King.<ref name=ss2>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-01-31/features/8801070156_1_larry-king-larry-zeiger-oral-roberts/2|title=The Nine Lives Of Larry King|newspaper=[[Sun Sentinel]]|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018022909/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-01-31/features/8801070156_1_larry-king-larry-zeiger-oral-roberts/2|url-status=live}}</ref> He began to conduct interviews on a mid-morning show for [[WIOD]], at Pumpernik's Restaurant in Miami Beach.<ref>{{cite web|author=Pekkanen, John |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075993,00.html|title=While Most of America Sleeps, Larry King Talks to Six Million People All Through the Night| work = [[People (magazine)|People]] |date=March 10, 1980|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317184932/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075993,00.html|access-date= February 18, 2012|archive-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref> He would interview whoever walked in. His first interview was with a waiter at the restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynwaterbagels.com/larry_king.php |title=Legendary Talk Show Host Larry King Joins the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. |publisher=Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. |access-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214030325/http://www.brooklynwaterbagels.com/larry_king.php |archive-date=December 14, 2011 }}</ref> Two days later, singer [[Bobby Darin]], in Miami for a concert that evening, walked into [[Pumpernik's]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wlrn.org/post/key-facts-miamis-delis-yore-deli-historian-ted-merwin|title=Key Facts Of Miami's Delis Of Yore, From Deli Historian Ted Merwin|first=Trina|last=Sargalski|website=wlrn.org|date=November 22, 2013|access-date=July 25, 2017|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105202/https://www.wlrn.org/culture/2013-11-22/key-facts-of-miamis-delis-of-yore-from-deli-historian-ted-merwin|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/tag/pumperniks/|title=Pumperniks - Restaurant-ing through history|website=restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com|access-date=July 25, 2017|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105200/https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/tag/pumperniks/|url-status=live}}</ref> having heard King's radio show; Darin became King's first celebrity interview guest.<ref name="Brounstein"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Larry |last=King |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-05/entertainment/larry.king.book.radio_1_larry-king-show-theme-song-larry-zeiger?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ |title=Excerpt: How I Became Larry King |work=CNN|date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326161423/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-05/entertainment/larry.king.book.radio_1_larry-king-show-theme-song-larry-zeiger?_s=PM%3ASHOWBIZ |archive-date=March 26, 2012 }}</ref> King's Miami radio show brought him local attention. A few years later, in May 1960, he hosted ''Miami Undercover'', airing Sunday nights at 11:30 p.m. on WPST-TV Channel 10 (now [[WPLG]]).<ref>{{cite web|first=Jon|last=Bershad|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/from-the-mediaite-vault-larry-king-takes-on-gangsters-and-loses-in-1961/|title=From the Mediaite Vault: Larry King Takes on Gangsters (and Loses) in 1961| work = [[Mediaite]] (blog)|date= June 30, 2010|access-date=February 18, 2012}}</ref> King credited his success on local television to the assistance of comedian [[Jackie Gleason]], whose national television variety show was being taped in Miami Beach beginning in 1964. "That show really took off because Gleason came to Miami," King said in a 1996 interview he gave when inducted into the Broadcasters' Hall of Fame. "He did that show and stayed all night with me. We stayed till five in the morning. He didn't like the set, so we broke into the general manager's office and changed the set. Gleason changed the set, he changed the lighting, and he became like a mentor of mine."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin0int-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980201214239/http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin0int-1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 1998 |title=The Interview King |publisher=[[Academy of Achievement]] |date=June 29, 1996 |access-date=March 3, 2008 }}</ref> During this period, WIOD gave King further exposure as a [[color commentator]] for the [[Miami Dolphins]] of the [[National Football League]], during their 1970 season and most of their 1971 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/famous_people/writers_reporters_editors/larry_king|title=Larry King – Talk Show Host|publisher=dLife|access-date=February 18, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217061540/http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/famous_people/writers_reporters_editors/larry_king|archive-date=December 17, 2011}}</ref> However, he was dismissed by both WIOD and television station [[WTVJ]] as a late-night radio host and sports commentator as of December 20, 1971, when he was arrested after being accused of [[grand larceny]] by a former business partner, [[Louis Wolfson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/television/larry-king|title=Larry King|website= [[The Smoking Gun]]|access-date= February 18, 2012|date=July 13, 2010}}</ref><ref name=ss3/> Other staff covered the [[Dolphins–Jets rivalry|Dolphins]]' games into their 24–3 loss to Dallas in [[Super Bowl VI]]. King also lost his weekly column at the ''Miami Beach Sun'' newspaper. The charges were dropped.<ref name=ss3>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-01-31/features/8801070156_1_larry-king-larry-zeiger-oral-roberts/3|title=The Nine Lives Of Larry King|work=[[Sun Sentinel]]|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=June 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630094209/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-01-31/features/8801070156_1_larry-king-larry-zeiger-oral-roberts/3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gq09/> Eventually, King was rehired by WIOD.<ref name=ss3/> For several years during the 1970s, he hosted a sports talk-show called "Sports-a-la-King" that featured guests and callers.<ref name="Brounstein">{{cite web |url= https://soaphub.com/entertainment/larry-king-a-beloved-talk-show-icon-has-passed-away-at-age-87/ |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Larry King, A Beloved Talk Show Icon, Has Passed Away At Age 87 |first1=Diane |last1=Brounstein |publisher=soaphub.com}}</ref> === ''The Larry King Show'' === {{main|Larry King Show}} [[File:Photograph of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Taping a Larry King Weekend Show - NARA - 3668097.jpg|thumb|King with [[Hillary Clinton]] in 1993]] [[File:Vladimir Putin with Larry King.jpg|thumb|King interviewing [[Vladimir Putin]] in 2000]] [[File:Larry King interviews George W. Bush and Laura Bush.jpg|thumb|right|King interviewing President [[George W. Bush]] and [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Laura Bush]] in 2006]] On January 30, 1978, King began hosting a nightly coast-to-coast radio program on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]],<ref name=ad2/> inheriting the talk show slot that had begun with [[Herb Jepko]] in late 1975, then followed by [[John Nebel|"Long John" Nebel]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1586228/Mutual-Broadcasting-System|title=Mutual Broadcasting System|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref> King's Mutual show rapidly developed a devoted audience,<ref name=c82/> called "King-aholics".<ref name=tb81>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19810104&id=7DBPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3792,4986335 |title=The Radio 'King': From Midnight to Dawn |access-date=November 28, 2014 |date=January 4, 1981 |publisher=[[Toledo Blade]] |first=Tom |last=Davies}}</ref> ''[[The Larry King Show]]''<ref name="ad2">{{cite web|title=Listen! You're going to hear things you've never heard before|url=http://www.fuzface.com/dcrtv/photo379.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402035726/http://www.fuzface.com/dcrtv/photo379.jpg|archive-date=April 2, 2018|access-date=November 20, 2014|publisher=dcrtv.com Photo Gallery}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308210306/http://dcrtv.com/plus/photo93.html Alt URL]</ref> was broadcast live Monday through Friday from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time. King would interview a guest for the first hour, with callers asking questions that continued the interview for the next two hours.<ref name=tb81/> At 3 a.m., the ''[[Open Phone America]]'' segment began, where he allowed callers to discuss any topic they pleased with him,<ref name=c82/><ref name=dr21>{{cite web |last1=Spade |first1=Doug |first2=Mike |last2=Clement |url=https://www.thedailyreporter.com/opinion/20210129/farewell-to-king |title=Farewell to the King - Opinion - The Daily Reporter - Coldwater, MI |publisher=The Daily Reporter |date=January 29, 2021 |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> until the end of the program when he expressed his own political opinions. Many stations in the western time zones carried the ''Open Phone America'' portion of the show live, followed by the guest interview on tape delay.<ref name=dn21/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46222406/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=October 18, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Gettysburg Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018022909/http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46222406/ |title=Listeners pay close attention to late-night radio broadcast |date=March 22, 1982 |page=13 }}</ref> Some of King's regular callers used pseudonyms or were given nicknames by King, such as "The Numbers Guy",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Technical-Correction-The-Numbers-Guy-And-Wall-2726936.php|title=Technical Correction / "The Numbers Guy" And Wall Street|date=November 21, 2000|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> "The Chair", "The Portland Laugher",<ref name=c82>{{cite news|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/11/22/midnight-snoozer-pbibt-wasnt-very-long/|title=Midnight Snoozer|newspaper=[[Harvard Crimson]]|access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> "The Miami Derelict", and "The Scandal Scooper".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TOn0St0hjzUC&q=Syracuse+Chair|title=Larry King|first1=Larry|last1=King|first2=Emily|last2=Yoffe|date= 1984|publisher=[[Berkley Books]]|access-date=July 25, 2017|via=Google Books|isbn=978-0-425-06831-1}}</ref> At the beginning, the show had 28 affiliates,<ref name=latobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-01-23/larry-king-dead-at-87|title=Larry King, TV broadcaster and talk-show host, dies at 87|date=January 23, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> but eventually rose to over 500.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://affiliates.westwoodone.com/talk/larry-king-bio.asp |title=Larry King Bio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514040052/http://affiliates.westwoodone.com/talk/larry-king-bio.asp |archive-date=May 14, 2009}}</ref> King occasionally entertained the audience by telling amusing stories from his youth or early broadcasting career.<ref name="fussman"/><ref name=dr21/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GjuVnuAbswC&q=moppo |title=My Remarkable Journey|first=Larry|last=King|access-date=November 2, 2015|isbn=978-1-60286-123-7|date= 2010|publisher=Weinstein Books }}</ref><ref name=ss1>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-01-31/features/8801070156_1_larry-king-larry-zeiger-oral-roberts|title=The Nine Lives Of Larry King|work=Sun Sentinel|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041457/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-01-31/features/8801070156_1_larry-king-larry-zeiger-oral-roberts|url-status=live}}</ref> Wishing to reduce his workload, King began hosting a shorter, daytime version of the show in 1993. [[Jim Bohannon]], King's primary fill-in host, took over the late night time slot. After 16 years on Mutual, King decided to retire from the program. The final broadcast of ''The Larry King Show'' was heard on May 27, 1994; Mutual gave King's afternoon slot to [[David Brenner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-24/entertainment/ca-8138_1_talk-radio|title=Today's Talk-Radio Topic: The Future of Talk Radio|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 2, 2015|date=June 24, 1994|archive-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018022909/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-24/entertainment/ca-8138_1_talk-radio|url-status=live}}</ref> and Mutual's affiliates were given the option of carrying the audio of King's new CNN evening television program. After [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] dissolved Mutual in 1999, the radio [[simulcast]] of the CNN show continued until December 31, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Westwood One Ends Larry King Show Simulcast |url=http://radiosyndicationtalk.com/2009/12/07/westwood-one-ends-larry-king-show-simulcast/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219022812/http://radiosyndicationtalk.com/2009/12/07/westwood-one-ends-larry-king-show-simulcast/ |archive-date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=November 2, 2015 |work=Radio Syndication Talk}}</ref> === ''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> === Shows on Ora TV === In March 2012, King co-founded [[Ora TV]], a production company, with his wife Shawn Southwick-King and Mexican business magnate [[Carlos Slim]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wallenstein|first=Andrew|title=Larry King's 'Now' to stream on Hulu: Internet vid giant pacts with Carlos Slim Helu's Ora TV venture|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2012-07-17-sns-201207170101reedbusivarietynvr1118056646-20120717-story.html|access-date=September 24, 2021|website=Chicago Tribune|date=July 17, 2012 |language=en-US}}</ref> On January 16, 2013, Ora TV celebrated their 100th episode of ''[[Larry King Now]]''. In September 2017, King's agent stated that King "looks forward to working for another 60 years."<ref name="lungcancer">{{cite web | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/14/entertainment/larry-king-lung-cancer/index.html | title=Larry King reveals lung cancer diagnosis | date=September 14, 2017 }}</ref> Ora TV signed a multi-year deal with [[Hulu]] to exclusively carry King's new talk-oriented web series, ''[[Larry King Now]]'', beginning July 17.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201207170101reedbusivarietynvr1118056646-20120717,0,312185.story|title = Larry King's 'Now' to stream on Hulu: Internet vid giant pacts with Carlos Slim Helu's Ora TV venture|author = Wallenstein, Andrew|agency = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date = July 17, 2012|access-date = July 17, 2012|archive-date = July 18, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120718233850/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-17/entertainment/sns-201207170101reedbusivarietynvr1118056646-20120717_1_andy-forssell-hulu-deal-digital-world}}</ref> On October 23, 2012, King hosted the third-party presidential debate on Ora TV, featuring [[Jill Stein]], [[Rocky Anderson]], [[Virgil Goode]], and [[Gary Johnson]].<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/10/20121023185635673481.html "Third-party candidates face off in US debate"]. ''[[Al Jazeera English]]''. October 23, 2012.</ref> In May 2013, the Russian-owned [[RT America]] network announced that they struck a deal with Ora TV to host the ''Larry King Now'' show on its network. King said in an advertisement on RT America: "I would rather ask questions to people in positions of power, instead of speaking on their behalf." The show continued to be available on Hulu.com and Ora.tv.<ref>Byers, Dylan [http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/05/larry-king-joins-russian-channel-rt-164941.html Larry King joins Russian channel RT], ''[[Politico]]'', May 29, 2013.</ref> When criticized for doing business with a Russian-owned TV network in 2014, King responded, "I don't work for RT", commenting that his podcasts, ''Larry King Now'' and ''Politicking'', are licensed for a fee to RT America by New York-based Ora TV. "It's a deal made between the companies ... They just license our shows. If they took something out, I would never do it. It would be bad if they tried to edit out things. I wouldn't put up with it."<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/06/larry-king-s-russian-tv-dilemma-it-would-be-bad-if-they-tried-to-edit-out-things-i-wouldn-t-put-up-with-it.html Larry King's Russian TV Dilemma] ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' March 6, 2014.</ref> ===Other ventures=== King remained active as a writer and television personality thereafter. King guest starred in episodes of ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'', ''[[30 Rock]]'' and ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', had cameos in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' and ''[[Bee Movie]]'', and voiced [[Doris the Ugly Stepsister]] in ''[[Shrek 2]]'' and its sequels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry King {{!}} Producer, Actor, Director |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005092/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> He also played himself in ''[[The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/larry-king-lost-his-mind-while-shooting-people-v-090116370.html |title=Superfan: Larry King Lost His Mind While Shooting 'The People v. O.J.' With Connie Britton |date=March 10, 2016|access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/03/21/people-v-oj-simpson-marcia-clark-larry-king/ |title=Marcia Clark: People v OJ Simpson is so accurate, it's painful to watch |first1=Will |last1=Robinson |date=March 21, 2016 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> and appeared as himself in an episode of ''[[Law and Order: Trial by Jury]]''. King hosted the educational television series ''In View with Larry King'' from 2013 to 2015, which was carried on cable television networks including [[Fox Business Network]] and [[Discovery Channel|Discovery]]<ref name="broadwayworld">[http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Larry-Kings-IN-VIEW-Television-Show-to-Feature-Help-Hospitalized-Veterans-20150709# "Larry King's IN VIEW Television Show to Feature Help Hospitalized Veterans"] Retrieved November 2015.</ref> and produced by The Profiles Series production company.<ref name="businessreport">[https://www.businessreport.com/article/baton-rouge-real-estate-firm-get-close-larry-kings-view ''Greater Baton Rouge Business Report''] Retrieved November 2015.</ref> King and his wife Shawn appeared on ''[[WWE Raw]]'' in October 2012, participating in a storyline involving professional wrestlers [[The Miz]] and [[Kofi Kingston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/amp/shows/raw/2012-10-08/larry-king-now-photos|title="Larry King NOW" with The Miz and Kofi Kingston: photos |publisher=WWE}}</ref> King became a very active user on the social-networking site Twitter, where he posted thoughts and commented on a wide variety of subjects. King stated, "I love tweeting, I think it's a different world we've entered. When people were calling in, they were calling into the show and now on Twitter, I'm giving out thoughts, opinions. The whole concept has changed."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/17/larry-king|title=Larry King on his dream guest, Twitter, and the 100th episode of 'Larry King Now'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> After 2011, he also made various television [[infomercial]]s, often appearing as a "host" discussing products like [[omega-3 fatty acid]] dietary supplement OmegaXL with guests, in an interview style reminiscent of his past television programs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://adage.com/article/news/larry-king-returns-tv-breathgemz-pitchman/226839/ |title=Larry King Returns to TV – as BreathGemz Pitchman | News |publisher=AdAge |date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=March 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016231513/http://adage.com/article/news/larry-king-returns-tv-breathgemz-pitchman/226839/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dalton |first1=Andrew |title=Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-larry-king-dead-covid-19-20210123-4k7loudt5vh5pc3b7bwvfna64a-story.html |date=January 23, 2021 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OmegaXL® is a powerful omega 3 joint health supplement {{!}} Omega XL |url=https://www.omegaxl.com/ |access-date=July 1, 2022 |website=OmegaXL |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[ProPublica]]'' reported that in 2019 King had been manipulated into starring in a fake interview with a Russian journalist containing disinformation about Chinese dissident [[Guo Wengui]], which was subsequently spread by Chinese government associated social media accounts.<ref name="king">{{cite news|last1=Dudley|first1=Renee|last2=Kao|first2=Jeff|date=July 30, 2020|title=The Disinfomercial: How Larry King Got Duped Into Starring in Chinese Propaganda|work=ProPublica|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/the-disinfomercial-how-larry-king-got-duped-into-starring-in-chinese-propaganda|access-date=August 17, 2020}}</ref> == Charitable works == Following his 1987 heart attack, King founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, a non-profit organization<ref name="FoxBus">{{cite news |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/larry-king-net-worth |title=What was Larry King's net worth?|quote=Broadcast legend had lucrative career, supported philanthropic causes. |date=January 23, 2021 |work=[[Fox Business]]}}</ref> which paid for life-saving cardiac procedures for people who otherwise would not be able to afford them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifeextension.com/Magazine/2008/2/cover_larry_king/Page-01|title=Life Extension Magazine – Larry King Saves Lives|website=LifeExtension.com|access-date=December 31, 2017|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105301/https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2008/2/cover_larry_king|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 30, 2010, King served as the host of [[Chabad]]'s 30th annual "To Life" telethon, in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2029481/Larry-King-to-Host-Chabad-Telethon.html|title=Larry King to Host Chabad Telethon|date=August 29, 2010|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105213/https://www.lubavitch.com/larry-king-to-host-chabad-telethon/|url-status=live}}</ref> He donated to the [[Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden]], where his name is on the monument.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beverlyhills911memorial.com/supporters.php|title=Beverly Hills 9/11 Memorial Garden website: Donors|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215233/http://beverlyhills911memorial.com/supporters.php|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> == Personal life == King resided in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref name="wsjonhispathfrombrooklyn">{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Larry|title=Larry King on His Path From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/larry-king-on-his-path-from-brooklyn-to-beverly-hills-1464792203|access-date=August 29, 2016|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=June 1, 2016|quote=Today, my wife, Shawn, and I and our two boys live in Beverly Hills, in a two-story, five-bedroom house.|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105315/https://www.wsj.com/articles/larry-king-on-his-path-from-brooklyn-to-beverly-hills-1464792203|url-status=live}}</ref> A lifelong [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers]] fan, he was frequently seen behind home plate at the team's games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/68363394/larry-king-to-host-show-on-sportsnet-la/ |title=Larry King to host show on SportsNet LA |first=Ken |last=Gurnick |website=MLB.com |date=February 26, 2014 |access-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105234/https://www.mlb.com/news/larry-king-to-host-show-on-sportsnet-la/c-68363394 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was part of an investment group that attempted to bring a [[Major League Baseball]] franchise to [[Buffalo, New York]], in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/summer-ends-at-pilot-field-richs-investor-group-buoys-big-league-quest/article_cc5e61f5-c91a-590e-a20c-881a80e217de.html|title=Summer ends at pilot field; rich's investor group buoys big league quest|newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]|date=September 6, 1990|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105242/https://subscribe.buffalonews.com/e/limit-reached-bn?returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Fbuffalonews.com%2Fnews%2Fsummer-ends-at-pilot-field-richs-investor-group-buoys-big-league-quest%2Farticle_cc5e61f5-c91a-590e-a20c-881a80e217de.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He lost $2.8 million to [[Bernie Madoff]].<ref name=gq09>{{cite web|last=Heath |first=Chris |url=https://www.gq.com/story/larry-king-bernie-madoff-little-league-son |title=The Enduring Larry King |publisher=GQ |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref> In 2009,<ref name=gq09/> 2011,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://us.cnn.com/2011/12/02/showbiz/larry-king-i-want-to-be-frozen/index.html?hpt=hp_c2| work=CNN| title=Larry King: I want to be frozen| date=December 2, 2011| access-date=December 3, 2011| archive-date=January 3, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105244/https://us.cnn.com/2011/12/02/showbiz/larry-king-i-want-to-be-frozen/index.html| url-status=live}}</ref> and several times in 2015,<ref name=Reason2015/><ref name="Gariano2015">{{cite news |last1=Gariano |first1=Francesca |title=Larry King was open about his wish 'to be frozen' after his death |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/larry-king-was-open-about-his-wish-be-frozen-after-t206786 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |work=[[The Today Show]] |date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> King said that he would like to be [[cryonic suspension|cryonically suspended]]. He discussed the issue with his family two years before his death, and "after much consideration," he decided that he did not want to undergo the procedure.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.insideedition.com/was-larry-king-cryogenically-frozen-after-his-death-64558| work=Inside Edition| title=Was Larry King Cryogenically Frozen After His Death?| date=January 27, 2021| access-date=December 11, 2022| archive-date=November 12, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112092624/https://www.insideedition.com/was-larry-king-cryogenically-frozen-after-his-death-64558| url-status=live}}</ref> In his early 80s, King took [[human growth hormone]] daily.<ref name=nyt15/><ref name="Gariano2015"/> After describing himself as a Jewish agnostic in 2005,<ref name="Larry King">"I don't know if there's a God. I'm a classic agnostic, but I'm a Jewish agnostic." {{cite book |title=Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish |url=https://archive.org/details/starsofdavidprom00pogr/page/318 |last=Pogrebin |first=Abigail |year=2005 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/starsofdavidprom00pogr/page/318 318–322] |publisher=Broadway |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7679-1612-7 }}</ref> he stated that he was fully [[atheist]] in 2015.<ref name=Reason2015>{{cite web|quote=Reason: Are you still into cryonics? King: Yes. I'm putting it in my will. I'll tell you why. I'm an atheist. Most libertarians should be atheists.|title=Larry King Loves Cryonics & Rand Paul (!): 'I Want to Be Around to Pick Up the Pieces.'|url=https://reason.com/2015/04/04/larry-king-loves-cryonics-rand-paul-i-wa/|first=Nick|last=Gillespie|date=April 4, 2015|work=[[Reason.com]]|author-link=Nick Gillespie|access-date=August 24, 2020|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105324/https://reason.com/2015/04/04/larry-king-loves-cryonics-rand-paul-i-wa/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, he told ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', "I love being Jewish, am proud of my Jewishness, and I love Israel".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/larry-king-legendary-talk-show-host-dies-at-87-656447 |title=Larry King, legendary Jewish-American talk show host, dies at 87 |first=Tamar |last=Beeri |date=January 23, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref> In 2019, King sued [[Nate Holzapfel]], a ''[[Shark Tank]]'' contestant and entrepreneur, alleging that he had misrepresented himself and his reasons for filming a short interview with King. The interview had been edited without King's permission to make it appear that Holzapfel had appeared on ''Larry King Now''. A default judgment was entered in King's favor, and he was awarded fees and $250,000 in damages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry King Scores $250k Judgment Over 'Mock' Interview |url=https://theblast.com/larry-king-fake-interview-judgment/ |website=The Blast |date=March 4, 2019 |accessdate=March 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Larry King Enterprises, Inc. v. Nathaniel Holzapfel (2:18-cv-09454-PA-RAO) |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14581046/larry-king-enterprises-inc-v-nathaniel-holzapfel/ |website=Court Listener |accessdate=March 9, 2019}}</ref> ===Marriages and children=== King was married eight times to seven women.<ref name="NYP">{{cite news | url=https://people.com/tv/larry-king-wives-and-marriages-a-history/ | title=A Look at Larry King's Ups and Downs over His 8 Marriages — A Complete Relationship Timeline | newspaper=People }}</ref> King married high school sweetheart Freda Miller in 1952 at the age of 19.<ref name=dailynews4/> That union ended the following year at the behest of their parents, who reportedly had the marriage [[annulled]].<ref name=dailynews4>[http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html "Larry King divorces Shawn Southwick: Meet the TV icon's slew of ex-wives"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418031131/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html |date=April 18, 2010 }}. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. April 16, 2010. p. 4 of 25.</ref> King was married to Annette Kaye,<ref name=dailynews4/> who gave birth to his son, Larry Jr., in November 1961. King did not meet Larry Jr. until the latter was in his 30s.<ref name="ac360">{{Cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0905/21/acd.01.html|title=Transcript: Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees|date= May 21, 2009|publisher= CNN|access-date= June 6, 2009}}</ref> In 1961, King married his third wife, [[Playboy Bunny]] Alene Akins, at one of the magazine's [[Playboy Club|eponymous nightclubs]]. He adopted Akins' son Andy in 1962; the couple divorced the following year.<ref name=dailynews4/> In 1963, King married his fourth wife, Mary Francis "Mickey" Sutphin, who divorced him in 1967.<ref name=dailynews4/> King remarried Akins in 1969; the couple had a daughter, Chaia, before divorcing again in 1972.<ref name=dailynews4/> In 1997, Dove Books published a book written by King and Chaia, ''Daddy Day, Daughter Day''. Aimed at young children, it tells each of their accounts of his divorce from Akins.{{cn|date=October 2023}} [[File:Larry King and Shawn Southwick feed Gilbert Gottfried.jpg|thumb|Comedian [[Gilbert Gottfried]] fed by King's seventh wife, Shawn Southwick, in 1999]] [[File:Larry King with his wife and children.jpg|thumb|King with Southwick and their children, Chance and Cannon, in 2002]] On September 25, 1976, King married his fifth wife, mathematics teacher and production assistant Sharon Lepore. The couple divorced in 1983.<ref name=dailynews5-6>[http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html ''Daily News'', slide show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418031131/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html |date=April 18, 2010 }}. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. pp. 5–6.</ref> On August 1, 1989, King proposed to businesswoman Julie Alexander on their first date.<ref>''[[Cedar Rapids Gazette]],'' August 23, 1989.</ref> Alexander became King's sixth wife on October 7, 1989, when the two were married in Washington, D.C.<ref name=dailynews7-8>[http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html ''Daily News'', slide show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418031131/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html |date=April 18, 2010 }}. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. pp. 7–8.</ref> They lived in different cities, however, with Alexander in Philadelphia and King in Washington, D.C., where he worked. The couple separated in 1990 and divorced in 1992.<ref name=dailynews7-8/> King became engaged to actress [[Deanna Lund]] in 1995 after five weeks of dating, but they did not marry.<ref name=dailynews10>[http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html ''Daily News,'' slide show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418031131/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html |date=April 18, 2010 }}. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. p. 10.</ref> In 1997, King married his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick,<ref name=dailynews11>[http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html ''Daily News'', slide show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418031131/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/the_many_women_of_larry_king/the_many_women_of_larry_king.html |date=April 18, 2010 }}, ibid., p. 11 of 25</ref> a singer, actress, and TV host who is the sister of musician [[Paul Engemann]].<ref name="nydailynews.com">{{cite news|author=Rush & Molloy|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/06/30/2008-06-30_the_skinny_on_larry_kings_wife.html|title=The skinny on Larry King's wife| work = [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|date= June 30, 2008|access-date= July 27, 2010}}</ref> The couple wed in King's Los Angeles hospital room three days before he underwent heart surgery to clear an occluded blood vessel.<ref name=nyt0414>[https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/14/arts/AP-US-People-Larry-King-Divorce.html "CNN Host Larry King, 7th Wife File for Divorce"]. [[Associated Press]] (via ''[[The New York Times]]''). April 14, 2010.</ref> The couple had two children: Chance, born March 1999, and Cannon, born May 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/a/larryking.htm|title=About.com - Marriage - The Marriages of Larry King|work=About|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105259/https://www.liveabout.com/comedy-central-roast-of-donald-trump-jokes-801095|url-status=live}}</ref> King was stepfather to [[Arena Football League]] quarterback [[Danny Southwick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cablecenter.org/cable-hall-of-fame/main-items/past-honorees/item/king-larry.html|title=The Cable Hall of Fame Past Honorees|work=cablecenter.org|access-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520204215/http://www.cablecenter.org/cable-hall-of-fame/main-items/past-honorees/item/king-larry.html|archive-date=May 20, 2013}}</ref> On King and Southwick's 10th anniversary in September 2007, Southwick joked that she was "the only [wife] to have lasted into the two digits".<ref name="nydailynews.com"/> The couple filed for divorce in 2010, but later reconciled<ref name=nyt0414/><ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ken|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20360969,00.html|title=Larry King Files for Divorce – Breakups, Larry King| work = [[People (magazine)|People]] |date= April 14, 2010|access-date= July 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/larry-king-wife-shawn-southwick-call-divorce-article-1.464305|title=Larry King and wife Shawn Southwick call off their divorce|work=NY Daily News|access-date=March 11, 2017|language=en|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105335/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/larry-king-wife-shawn-southwick-call-divorce-article-1.464305|url-status=live}}</ref> only to file for divorce again on August 20, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/8b17d2b9b8a543f8914da6d2360d53c5|title=Larry King seeks divorce from seventh wife after 22 years|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105340/https://apnews.com/8b17d2b9b8a543f8914da6d2360d53c5|archive-date=January 3, 2021|work=Associated Press|date=August 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://media.extratv.com/2019/08/20/larry-king-court-docs-merged.pdf|title=Court Documents|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105238/https://media.extratv.com/2019/08/20/larry-king-court-docs-merged.pdf |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |work=[[Extra (American TV program)|ExtraTV]] |date=August 20, 2019}}</ref> King and Southwick were estranged and going through divorce proceedings at the time of King's death in 2021.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=April 15, 2021|title=Larry King's Estranged Wife Requests to Be Made Executor of His Estate|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/04/larry-king-shawn-king-executor-estate-contest-will-handwritten-ammendment|access-date=January 5, 2022|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US}}</ref> At the time of his death, King had five children, nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.<ref name="Crowley">{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-are-larry-kings-ex-wives-1563917 |date=January 23, 2021 |title=CULTURE:Who Are Larry King's 7 Ex-Wives? Shawn Southwick, Alene Akins, Annette Kaye |first1=James |last1=Crowley |work=[[Newsweek (magazine)|Newsweek]]}}</ref><ref name="Yasharoff">{{cite web |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/08/23/larry-king-children-andy-chaia-die-within-weeks-each-other/3423818001/ |title=Celebrities: Larry King speaks out after his children Andy and Chaia die within weeks of each other |first1=Hannah |last1=Yasharoff |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> His children with Alene Atkins, Andy and Chaia, died within weeks of each other in August 2020. Andy died at 65 from a heart attack, and Chaia died at 51 from lung cancer.<ref name="Yasharoff"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/08/23/larry-king-children-andy-chaia-die-within-weeks-each-other/3423818001/|title=Larry King speaks out after his children Andy and Chaia die within weeks of each other|first=Hannah|last=Yasharoff|website=USA Today|access-date=August 23, 2020|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105239/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/08/23/larry-king-children-andy-chaia-die-within-weeks-each-other/3423818001/|url-status=live}}</ref> === Estate === At the time of his death, in February 2021, it was reported that his ex-wife Shawn Southwick had gone to court to contest King's 2019 handwritten [[Will and testament|will]], which had left his estate (valued at $2 million) to his five surviving children. Southwick alleged that her stepson, Larry King Jr., exerted undue influence over his father towards the end of his life, and that the handwritten will conflicted with a will King signed in 2015 in which Southwick was named executor of his estate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56095825|title=Larry King: Talk show host's widow contests handwritten will|publisher=BBC News|date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> This does not include more valuable "assets that were held in [[Trust law|trust]]s".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/larry-king-had-a-secret-will-that-excluded-his-wife-estate-planning-gets-messy-11613501836|title=Larry King had a secret will that excluded his wife — estate planning gets messy|first=Alessandra|last=Malito|website=MarketWatch}}</ref> == Health problems and death== On February 24, 1987, King had a major heart attack before a successful quintuple-[[Coronary artery bypass surgery|bypass surgery]].<ref name=ss1/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=53875 |title=Heart Health: Conquering the #1 Killer with Larry King |publisher=[[MedicineNet]] |date=February 24, 1987 |access-date=January 18, 2014 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105318/https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=53875 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following this, he wrote two books about living with heart disease. ''Mr. King, You're Having a Heart Attack: How a Heart Attack and Bypass Surgery Changed My Life'' (1989, {{ISBN|978-0-440-50039-1}}), which was written with New York's ''[[Newsday]]'' science editor B. D. Colen, and ''Taking On Heart Disease: Famous Personalities Recall How They Triumphed over the Nation's #1 Killer and How You Can, Too'' (2004, {{ISBN|978-1-57954-820-9}}), which features the experience of various celebrities with cardiovascular disease, including [[Peggy Fleming]] and [[Regis Philbin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.larrykingcardiacfoundation.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113124144/http://www.larrykingcardiacfoundation.org/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2012|title=Home Page|date=January 13, 2012|access-date=July 25, 2017}}</ref><!-- * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120113124144/http://www.larrykingcardiacfoundation.org/ Larry King Cardiac Foundation] – funds treatment for cardiac patients with little insurance --> King quit smoking after the heart attack, having smoked three packs of cigarettes a day until then.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19534618/larry-king-diagnosed-with-lung-cancer/ | title=Larry King Reveals He Was Diagnosed with Lung Cancer | date=September 13, 2017 }}</ref> King related his heart attack experience in an interview in the 2014 British documentary film ''The Widowmaker'', which advocates for [[coronary calcium scan]]ning to motivate [[Cardiology#Preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation|preventive cardiology]] and highlights the financial [[conflicts of interest]] in the widespread use of [[coronary stent]]s.<ref name="Lenzer2015">{{cite journal |last1=Lenzer |first1=Jeanne |title=Does a popular documentary about a 'life saving' heart scan promote overtreatment? |journal=[[BMJ]] |date=2015 |volume=351 |issue=8029 |page=h4926 |doi=10.1136/bmj.h4926 |pmid=26438578 |s2cid=5714659 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4926 |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=O'Malley|first=Sheila|title=The Widowmaker movie review & film summary (2015)|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-widowmaker-2015|access-date=January 23, 2021|publisher=Roger Ebert|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-widowmaker-movie-review-20150227-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=MOVIES: Review: 'The Widowmaker' says doctors thrive on crisis over health |first1=Sheri |last1=Linden |date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> He received annual chest X-rays to monitor his heart condition. During his 2017 examination, doctors discovered a malignant tumor in his lung. It was then successfully removed with surgery.<ref name="lungcancer"/> On April 23, 2019, King underwent a scheduled [[angioplasty]] and also had [[stents]] inserted. It was erroneously reported that he had another heart attack along with heart failure; these claims were later retracted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2019/04/29/larry-king-hospitalized-for-serious-chest-pain-did-not-suffer-heart-attack-updated/23719004/ |title=Larry King hospitalized for serious chest pain, did not suffer heart attack (updated) |publisher=AOL|date=April 29, 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105234/https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2019/04/29/larry-king-hospitalized-for-serious-chest-pain-did-not-suffer-heart-attack-updated/23719004/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He returned to ''[[Politicking with Larry King]]'' on August 15. On November 27, he said he had had a stroke in March, and was in a coma "for weeks".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Concha |first1=Joe |title=Larry King says he had a stroke in March and was in coma: 'It's been a rough year' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/472278-larry-king-says-he-had-a-stroke-in-march-and-was-in-coma-its-been-a-rough-year |website=The Hill|date=November 27, 2019 |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105316/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/472278-larry-king-says-he-had-a-stroke-in-march-and-was-in-coma-its-been-a-rough-year |url-status=live }}</ref> He later admitted he had contemplated suicide following the stroke, telling Los Angeles television station [[KTLA]], "I thought I was just going to bite the bullet. I didn't want to live this way."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Buckley |first1=Frank |title=Larry King Reveals He Considered Ending His Life After Health Complications |url=https://ktla.com/2020/01/08/larry-king-reveals-he-considered-ending-his-life-after-health-complications-frank-buckley-interviews/ |publisher=KTLA |date=January 8, 2020 |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105239/https://ktla.com/podcasts/frank-buckley-interviews/larry-king-reveals-he-considered-ending-his-life-after-health-complications-frank-buckley-interviews/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At ten days earlier, on January 2, 2021, it was reported that King had been admitted to the [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|Cedars-Sinai]] hospital in [[Los Angeles]] with [[COVID-19]], but moving out of [[Intensive care unit|ICU]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Dakin Andone and Brad Parks|title=Larry King has been hospitalized with Covid-19|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/02/media/larry-king-covid-19/index.html|access-date=January 2, 2021|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Larry King Is Hospitalized With Coronavirus |date=January 2, 2021 |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/larry-king-is-hospitalized-with-coronavirus/2435615/ |access-date=January 2, 2021|publisher=NBC Bay Area|language=en-US|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105244/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/larry-king-is-hospitalized-with-coronavirus/2435615/|url-status=live}}</ref> Three weeks later on January 23 at the age of 87, King died of [[sepsis]] infection while he had recovered from the virus.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kludt|first1=Tom|last2=Parks|first2=Brad Parks|title=Larry King, legendary talk show host, dies of sepsis at 87 after COVID diagnosis|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/larry-king-dies-trnd/index.html |access-date=January 23, 2021 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=January 23, 2021|title=Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies of Sepsis at 87|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/arts/television/larry-king-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/arts/television/larry-king-dead.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited|access-date=January 23, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=obittweet>{{cite tweet|last=King|first=Larry|user=kingsthings|number=1352960673978880000|date=January 23, 2021|title=Larry King 1933 – 2021 ...|access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Miller"/><ref name="Kreps"/>{{Clarify|reason=Meaning unclear. Had he recovered? Was he recovering? In what way is this related to his sepsis? Consider reordering clauses or separating into distinct sentences.|date=February 2024}} His ex-wife, Shawn Southwick King, told ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' that King died from an infection, which was "unrelated" to COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bueno|first=Antoinette|title=Shawn King Reveals Husband Larry King's Final Words to Her, Says COVID-19 Was Not Cause of Death|url=https://www.etonline.com/shawn-king-reveals-husband-larry-kings-final-words-to-her-says-covid-19-was-not-cause-of-death|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021|website=Entertainment Tonight}}</ref> According to the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]], and [[death certificate]] obtained by ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine, sepsis was his immediate cause of death, with two underlying conditions leading to the infection—acute [[Hypoxemia|hypoxemic]] [[respiratory failure]] and [[kidney failure|end-stage renal disease]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ushe|first=Naledi|title=Larry King's Immediate Cause of Death and Underlying Conditions Revealed in Death Certificate|url=https://people.com/tv/larry-king-cause-of-death-revealed-death-certificate/|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=July 6, 2021|website=People}}</ref> == Filmography == === Film === {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1984 || ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' || rowspan=2|Larry King ||<ref name=bde/> |- |1985 || ''[[Lost in America]]'' || Voice<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/reaction-death-larry-king-75446028|title=Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton praise and mourn Larry King|website=ABC News}}</ref> |- |1989 || ''[[Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!]]'' || Talk show host || |- |1990 || ''[[Crazy People]]'' || rowspan=17 | Larry King || |- |1990 || ''[[The Exorcist III]]'' || |- |1993 || ''[[Dave (film)|Dave]]'' || |- |1993 || ''[[We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)|We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story]]'' || Voice |- |1995 || ''Open Season'' || |- |1996 || ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]'' || |- |1997 || ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]'' ||<ref name=bde/> |- |1997 || ''[[Mad City (film)|Mad City]]'' || |- |1997 || ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]'' || |- |1998 || ''[[Primary Colors (film)|Primary Colors]]'' || |- |1998 || ''[[Bulworth]]'' || |- |1998 || ''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]'' || |- |2000 || ''[[The Contender (2000 film)|The Contender]]'' || |- |2000 || ''[[Disney's The Kid|The Kid]]'' ||<ref name=bde/> |- |2001 || ''[[America's Sweethearts]]'' || |- |2002 || ''[[John Q]]'' || |- |2004 || ''[[The Stepford Wives (2004 film)|The Stepford Wives]]'' || |- |2004 || ''[[Shrek 2]]'' || rowspan=2| Doris || Voice (U.S. Version) |- |2007 || ''[[Shrek the Third]]'' || Voice |- |2007 || ''[[Bee Movie]]'' || Bee Larry King || Voice<ref name=gq09/> |- |2008 || ''[[Swing Vote (2008 film)|Swing Vote]]'' || Larry King || |- |2010 || ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'' || Doris || Voice |- |2012 || ''[[The Dictator (2012 film)|The Dictator]]'' || rowspan=3 | Larry King || |- |2013 || ''[[The Power of Few]]'' || |- |2015 || ''[[Chloe & Theo]]'' || |- |2015 || ''[[Dude Bro Party Massacre III]]'' || Coach Handsey || |- |2017 || ''[[American Satan]]'' || Larry King || Final film role |- |} === Television === {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1961 || ''[[Miami Undercover]]'' || Sleepy Sam || Episode: The Thrush |- |1985–2010 || ''[[Larry King Live]]'' || Self; Host || 6,076 Episodes |- |1990–96 || ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' || rowspan="19" |Larry King || 2 episodes |- |1991–92 || ''[[The Simpsons]]'' || Voice; 2 episodes |- |1995 || ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' || Episode: The P.A. |- |1995 || ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]'' || Episode: Is it Hot in Here or is it Just Me? |- |1996 || ''[[Murder One (TV series)|Murder One]]'' || Episode: Chapter Twenty-One |- |1996 || ''[[Bonnie (TV series)|Bonnie]]'' || Episode: Better Offer |- |1997 || ''[[Spin City]]'' || Episode: An Affair to Remember |- |1997 || ''[[Frasier]]'' || Episode: My Fair Frasier |- |rowspan=3|2002 || ''[[The Practice (TV series)|The Practice]]'' || Episode: The Verdict |- |''[[Arli$$]]'' || Episode: Standards and Practice |- |''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' || Episode: Elwood City Turns 100! |- |2004 || ''[[Sesame Street]]'' || Episode: 4074 |- |rowspan=2|2005 || |''[[Boston Legal]]'' || Episode: Truly, Madly, Deeply |- |''[[Law and Order: Trial by Jury]]'' || Episode: Day |- |2006 || ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' || Episode: Weeping Willow |- |rowspan=2|2007 || ''[[Shark (American TV series)|Shark]]'' || Episode: Wayne's World 2: Revenge of the Shark |- |''[[The Closer (TV series)|The Closer]]'' || Episode: Til Death do Us Part - Part II |- |2008 || ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' || Episode: The Kids are all right |- |2009 || ''[[30 Rock]]'' || Episode: Larry King<ref name=gq09/> |- |2012–16 || ''[[Gravity Falls]]'' || Wax Larry King || 2 episodes |- |2013 || ''[[1600 Penn]]'' || rowspan=3|Larry King || Episode: Marry Me, Baby |- |2014 || ''[[Murder in the First (TV series)|Murder in the First]]'' || Episode: Family Matters |- |2016 || ''[[American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson|The People v. O.J. Simpson]]'' || 4 episodes |} == Awards and nominations == [[File:Larry King at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|right|King at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2011]] King received many broadcasting awards. He won the [[Peabody Award]] for Excellence in broadcasting for both his radio (1982)<ref name="Miller"/><ref name=p82>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-larry-king-show|date=1982|title=The Peabody Awards - The Larry King Show |website=www.peabodyawards.com|access-date=November 11, 2014|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105239/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-larry-king-show|url-status=live}}</ref> and television (1992)<ref name=p82/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/larry-king-live-election-coverage-1992|title=Larry King Live Election Coverage 1992|website=www.peabodyawards.com|access-date=November 11, 2014|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105327/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/larry-king-live-election-coverage-1992|url-status=live}}</ref> shows. He also won ten [[CableACE Award]]s for Best Interviewer and for Best Talk Show Series.<ref name="Miller"/> In 1989, King was inducted into the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiohalloffame.com/larry-king |website=[[Radio Hall Of Fame]] |title=Larry King |access-date=January 24, 2021}}</ref> and in 1996 to the Broadcasters' Hall of Fame.<ref name="BHoF"/> In 2002, the industry publication ''[[Talkers Magazine]]'' named King both the fourth-greatest radio talk show host of all time and the top television talk show host of all time.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.talkers.com/greatest/|title=The 25 Greatest Radio and Television Talk Show Hosts of All Time|journal=[[Talkers Magazine]]|date=September 2002|access-date=February 15, 2008|archive-date=October 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016215652/http://talkers.com/greatest/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1994, King received the Scopus Award from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|American Friends of Hebrew University]].<ref name=JVL/><ref name="latimeskingcrownedwithscopus">{{cite news|last1=Byrne|first1=Bridget|title=King Crowned With Scopus Award|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-31/news/vw-17440_1_larry-king|access-date=August 29, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 31, 1994|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103105253/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-31-vw-17440-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1996, he received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented by Awards Council member [[Art Buchwald]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|access-date=December 8, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 8, 1997, Larry King was given a [[Hollywood Walk of Fame|Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6616 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://walkoffame.com/larry-king/ |access-date=August 21, 2023 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|date=October 25, 2019 }}</ref> He was given the [[Golden Mike Award]] for Lifetime Achievement in January 2008, by the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California.<ref name="Miller"/> King was an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Beverly Hills.<ref name="Eric">{{cite web|author=Eric|date=April 2020|title=Larry King {{ndash}} Net Worth, Career, Awards and Nominations, Charitable Work And Personal Life|url=https://gazetteday.com/2020/05/larry-king-net-worth/|work=[[Gazette]]}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the President's Award honoring his impact on media from the [[Los Angeles Press Club]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Larry King - "Why, Who, What" |url=https://lapressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2006-LARRY-KING.pdf |website=www.lapressclub.org |publisher=[[Los Angeles Press Club]] |date=2006 |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> King was the first recipient of the Arizona State University [[Hugh Downs]] Award for Communication Excellence,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988441,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306185629/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988441,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2008|title=Hugh Downs honors Larry King with award for communication excellence|date=April 3, 2007|access-date= February 15, 2008| magazine =[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> presented April 11, 2007, via satellite by Downs himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asu.edu/clas/communication/about/hughdowns |title=Hugh Downs |publisher=Arizona State University: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903210418/http://asu.edu/clas/communication/about/hughdowns/ |archive-date=September 3, 2006 }}</ref> King was awarded an honorary degree of [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] by [[Bradley University]]; for which he said "is really a hoot". King received numerous honorary degrees from [[George Washington University]], the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons|Columbia School of Medicine]], [[Brooklyn College]], the [[New England Institute of Technology]], and the [[Pratt Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Larry King gives commencement keynote|url=http://lydia.bradley.edu/spotlight/09/larryking/|website=lydia.bradley.edu|publisher=Bradley University|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215143814/http://lydia.bradley.edu/spotlight/09/larryking/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Larry King|url=https://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/king.larry.html|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=CNN}}</ref> {{clear}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/lkl.html Larry King Live] – Transcripts of all interviews since 2000 * {{IMDb name}} * {{emmytvlegends name|larry-king}} * {{C-SPAN}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHTGd0tymHc Larry King's Final On-Camera Interview] Silver Screen Studios - Dispatches from Quarantine (May 11, 2020) * [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221547219/larry-king Larry King] at [[Find a Grave]] {{Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host}} {{CNN Anchors|state=collapsed}} {{Subject bar|portal1=Biography|portal2=Journalism|portal3=Radio |portal4= Television |portal5=United States |commons=yes|commons-search=Category:Larry King|q=yes|d=yes|d-search=Q213430}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Larry}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century American Jews]] [[Category:20th-century American male actors]] [[Category:20th-century American male writers]] [[Category:21st-century American Jews]] [[Category:21st-century American male actors]] [[Category:21st-century American male writers]] [[Category:American atheists]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:Jews from New York (state)]] [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:American newspaper writers]] [[Category:American people of Austrian-Jewish descent]] [[Category:American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent]] [[Category:American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent]] [[Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent]] [[Category:American talk radio hosts]] [[Category:American television talk show hosts]] [[Category:Baseball spectators]] [[Category:Burials at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]] [[Category:Cryonicists]] [[Category:CNN people]] [[Category:Deaths from kidney failure]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Deaths from sepsis]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in California]] [[Category:Jewish American atheists]] [[Category:Jewish American journalists]] [[Category:Jewish American male actors]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Category:Lafayette High School (New York City) alumni]] [[Category:Male actors from Brooklyn]] [[Category:Male actors from Miami]] [[Category:Miami Dolphins announcers]] [[Category:National Football League announcers]] [[Category:Peabody Award winners]] [[Category:People from Beverly Hills, California]] [[Category:People from Hollywood, Florida]] [[Category:People from Miami Beach, Florida]] [[Category:Radio personalities from Miami]] [[Category:Radio personalities from New York City]] [[Category:RT (TV network) people]] [[Category:Writers from Brooklyn]] [[Category:Writers from Miami]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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