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(CNN) – Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has covid-19, according to a source close to the family.
King, 87, has been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for more than a week, the source said. Due to hospital protocols, King’s three children have not been able to visit him, according to the source.
King, who has type 2 diabetes, has faced a number of medical problems over the years, including several heart attacks and a quintuple bypass surgery in 1987. In 2017, King revealed that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent successfully to surgery to treat it. He also underwent a procedure in 2019 to treat angina.
His own medical problems inspired him to start the Larry King Heart Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping the uninsured pay for health care.
King hosted CNN’s “Larry King Live” for 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and more. He retired in 2010 after filming more than 6,000 episodes of the show.
But he couldn’t stay out of the radio waves for long.
In 2012, he became the host of “Larry King Now,” a show aired three times a week on Ora TV, a digital on-demand network that he co-founded with Mexican telecoms mogul Carlos Slim, according to Forbes.
Last year, two of King’s adult children died within weeks of each other. His son, Andy King, 65, died of a heart attack in late July, followed by King’s daughter, Chaia King, 52, who died in August shortly after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.
King’s Twitter account, @kingsthings, has 2.4 million followers. His most recent tweet was on November 26, when he wished his followers a happy Thanksgiving.
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