LOS ANGELES (AP) Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87.
King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his production company, Ora Media, tweeted. No cause of death was given, but a spokesperson said Jan. 4 that King had COVID-19, had received supplemental oxygen and had been moved out of intensive care. His son Chance Armstrong also confirmed King’s death, CNN reported.
A longtime nationally syndicated radio host, from 1985 through 2010 he was a nightly fixture on CNN, where he won many honors, including two Peabody awards.
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Larry King attends a screening of the environmental documentary Planet in Peril, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer poses with CNN s Larry King backstage at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 25, 1988. (AP Photo/Joan Adlin)
Larry King arrives at Trump Tower, in New York, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
In this Thursday, Aug. 26, 1999, file photo, talk show host Larry King wipes his eyes after laughing at a joke by comedy legend Jerry Lewis, on the set of Larry King Live at CNN Studios in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)