Larry King has dealt with the loss of two of his children, which happened within weeks of each other.
King’s son, Andy King, 65, died in late July and his only daughter, Chaia King, 51, lost her battle with lung cancer on Thursday.
King, 86, adopted Andy in 1962 after marrying ex-wife Alene Akins. Chaia was born in 1969.
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Now the 86-year-old television host has spoken out about the tragedies.
“It is with sadness and a broken heart of a father that I confirm the recent loss of two of my children, Andy King, and Chaia King. Both were good and kind souls and they will be greatly missed,” he wrote on Facebook on Saturday . “Andy died unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 28, and Chaia died on August 20, only a short time after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.”
He added: “Losing feels so out of order. No parent should have to bury a child.”
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The post concluded with a message of thanks for “expressing friendly feelings and wishes”, as well as a request for privacy.
King also has three other sons: Larry King Jr. (with ex-wife Annette Kaye); and Cannon and Chance King (with ex-wife Shawn King), according to People.
When Akins died in 2017, King tweeted, ‘So very sad about the passing of Alone Akins, who died peacefully with our children Chaia and Andy by her side. She was a great lady. ”
“Larry and his three remaining children are embarrassed, and Larry is still recovering from his own health problems from last year,” a source told Page Six.
King suffered an almost fatal stroke last year.
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King has continued to host ‘Larry King Now’ from Ora TV and has recently done two live shows of Hulu’s ‘Politicking with Larry King,’ which is part of his way of dealing with ‘the loss’, another told source the outlet.
Fox News’ Brie Stimson and Julius Young contributed to this report
