Died: January 23, 2021. LARRY King, who has died aged 87, was one of the best-known, and highest-rated, broadcasters in America, whose hour-long programme on CNN every weeknight brought the format of talk-radio to television, and saw him interview tens of thousands of people, ranging from presidents and film stars to those with inventions, books or conspiracy theories to peddle. Though his show, which was eventually syndicated to more than 130 countries, brought him fame, wealth, a slew of awards and endless cameos as himself in films and on television, it was unusual for it actually to provide much in the way of insight or information.
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Larry King, the Brooklyn-bred man who became cable TV’s most well-known talk-show host, died Saturday. He was 87.
King had been hospitalized with COVID-19. He passed away Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, a production company King founded with Mexican media mogul Carlos Slim. For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry’s many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster, the company said.
Over the course of more than five decades years in radio and TV broadcasting, half of it spent hosting CNN’s Larry King Live, King mingled with the famous and infamous, and average people who became either.
‘We are heartbroken’: Larry King, CNN talk show legend, dies at 87 after being hospitalized with COVID-19
Larry King, the Brooklyn-bred man who became cable TV’s most well-known talk show host, died Saturday. He was 87.
King had been hospitalized with COVID-19. He died Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, a production company King founded with Mexican media mogul Carlos Slim.
“For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry’s many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,” the company said.
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Legendary broadcaster Lawrence Harvey Zieger, also known as Larry King, died Saturday morning at the age of 87.
King passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to his official Twitter account. No cause of death was given, but just weeks ago, he was battling the coronavirus in the hospital.
Best known for hosting CNN s Larry King Live, King s career spanned six decades, across radio, television and digital media. He conducted some 50,000 thousand interviews, from the Dalai Lama to Lady Gaga, from Bill Gates to Yasser Arafat. He connected with presidents, celebrities and every men alike.
King s career began as a radio DJ in Florida in the late 1950s. He first gained notoriety in 1978 with the debut of his nationally syndicated late-night radio talk show, The Larry King Show , for which he won a Peabody Award. In 1985, Larry King Live premiered on CNN. It became the network s longest running program, lasting for 25 years until 2010.