Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
Posted Jan 23, 2021
In this April 18, 2007 file photo, Larry King speaks to guests at a party held by CNN, celebrating King s fifty years of broadcasting in New York.AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File
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LOS ANGELES 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.
Legendary Talk Show Host, Larry King Dies At 87 Published by GulteDesk January 23, 2021
Larry King, the man sporting suspenders, whose interviews with global leaders, popular actors and even ordinary people, helped define American conversation for nearly 50 years, died on Saturday. He was 87.
King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, tweeted Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded. The cause of his death was not mentioned but CNN, earlier, reported that he was hospitalised with Covid-19.
From 1985 to 2010, he worked as a syndicated radio host and was a nightly fixture on CNN, where he won many honours, including two Peabody awards.