Larry King America's talk show host dies age of 87
Larry King conducted estimated 50,000 interviews in his succeed career which included 25 years as a host of the popular CNN talk show Larry King Live.
He died Cedars Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, a production company he co-founded. Earlier this month, he treated in hospital for Covid-19.
The talk show host, famous for his braces and rolled up sleeves, had faced several health problems recent years, including heart attacks
Larry King: US TV legend who hosted 50,000 interview
Larry King was married eight times seven women and had five children. Two of died last year within weeks of each other - daughter Chaia died from lung cancer and son Andy of heart attack.
Unique,lasting and speaking talent
63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry's many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as testament to his unique and lasting talent as broadcaster," in a statement, without giving the cause of death.
King carried out interviews with every US president from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama. His other high-profile guests included Dra Martin Luther, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, Lady Gaga
Born Lawrence Harvey Zenger in Brooklyn New York, 1933 Larry King rose to fame in the 1970s with his radio programme The Larry King Show, on the commercial network Mutual Broadcasting System.
In 1985 he launched Larry King Live on CNN. The programme, broadcast around world, was success with audiences and earned him number of awards. But he was also criticised for his non-confrontational approach and open-ended questions.
By 2010 his ratings dropped significantly, with critics saying King's approach felt outdated in aggressive interviewing styles. King then announced his retirement, saying: now time to hang up my nightly suspenders
In his final programme on CNN, Larry King told viewers: "I don't know what to say, except to you, my listener thank you. Instead of goodbye, how about so long CNN replaced him British journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan, whose programme King criticised for being
Morgan, whose programmed was cancelled three years later Saturday: King was a hero of mine until we fell out after I replaced him on CNN & he said my show was like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new BentleyBut he was a brilliant broadcaster & masterful TV interviewer."
CNN president Zucker said: The scrappy young man from Brooklyn had a history-making career spanning radio and television. His curiosity about world propelled his award-winning career in broadcasting, but it was his generosity of spirit that drew the world to him
lectically Larry King hosted another program , Larry King Now, broadcast on and RT, Russia's state-controlled international broadcaster.
In 1988 founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, a charity which helps to fund heart treatment for those peoples who limited financial means no medical insurance.
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