Closes the 63-year-old legend ‘Larry King’, America’s best host.

Larry King’s cause of death was not disclosed, but in late December last year. He had to be treated for the COVID-19 infection. At the Cedro – Sinai medical center, he also struggled with various health problems. And had had a heart attack many times

In 1987, King underwent five heart bypass surgeries and inspired him to establish the Larry King Heart Foundation to help uninsured patients. He was diagnosed with lung cancer. But the surgical treatment was successful and in 2019 he had to undergo an operation for myocarditis.

In addition to health problems, in 2020, Larry King faces heavy losses. When she lost two children within weeks of each other, and her 65-year-old son Andy King died of a heart attack, her 52-year-old daughter, Shia King, died after being diagnosed with lung cancer. King has three other living children.

He began his career in the media as a DJ.

Larry King was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 19, 1933, whose original name was Lawrence Harvey Ziger, whose parents were Jewish immigrants, whose mother was Jenny Ziger. He is from Lithuania. While his father, Edward Ziger, was from Ukraine, Edward died of a heart attack when King was 10 years old.

Edward’s death had a huge impact on the King family. Jenny had to request social assistance from the state to support him and his brother Martí alone. King once told the story during an interview with The Guardian in 2015: “Before my father died. I am a very attentive boy. But then I stopped paying attention. ”“ It was like getting hit in the face. But in the end I was able to control my anger. Because I want my mom and dad to be proud. “

King also revealed that his father had a great influence on him. Both instill a sense of humor and a love of sports. His favorite sport is baseball, King is a huge fan of the ‘Brooklyn Dodgers’ and has continued to support them even though the team has moved to Los Angeles. He was often seen in the high-level chairs on the home side of the local Dodgers stadium in 2004. He even wrote a book called “Why Do I Love Baseball?”

King’s media career began in 1957 when he took a job as a DJ for Miami’s AM radio station ‘WAHR’. But there are obstacles. When the station manager told him, “You can’t use the name Larry Ziger,” King said, “it sounds too ethnic.” People can’t spell correctly or can’t remember. You have to use a better name. “

“There was no time to think that Is this a good thing? Or what my mother would think. I will be broadcasting in five minutes now,” King revealed through his 2009 autobiography, desk. The whole page has a picture of an ad for liquor retailer ‘King’. The manager looks down and says, ‘King, what’s his name King? Larry?’ “And that’s the birth of the host, Larry King.

A failed marriage

All the life of the king He has been married eight times and most of them end up divorcing. Beginning with his high school sweetheart Freda Miller at the age of 19, they lived together for about a year (1952-96) before the marriage was established. Because the parents on both sides disagreed, then in 1961 King married Annette Kay less than a year, they divorced, however, the couple had a son together, Larry Jr., but until the father and The son. They met after Larry Jr. was in his 30s

That same year, King married his third wife, Playboy model Elaine Achins. At a nightclub, Achins’ son Andy was adopted in 1962 before divorcing the following year. It was the same year that he married Mary Francis Stufin, his fourth wife, and they lived together until 1967, and the woman filed for divorce. Rey remarried Akins again.They had a daughter, Shia, in 1969, before the couple’s marriage ended in 1972.

In September 1976, King married his fifth wife, math teacher Sharon Le Por. And he divorced in 1983. King then met businesswoman Julia Alexander in 1989 and immediately proposed on their first date in August of the same year. The couple married in October, however work led to their separation. It ended in divorce in 1992. King later got engaged to actress Dian Naland in 1995, but the relationship ended without them being married.

In 1997, King married his seventh wife, the singer, actress Shawn Southwick. They were separated for 26 years, just three days before King underwent heart surgery. The couple had two children together, Chance and Cannon, in 2010 King and Shawn filed for divorce but changed their minds before seeking divorce again in August 2019, during the marriage to their seven wives, King. He has 5 children of his own, 9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

She has been a CNN television host for 25 years.

King settled in Miami for many years. He was hired as a columnist for the Miami Herald in 1965, but six years later. He was arrested for robbery. Getting him suspended from radio stations and newspapers. Although the court dismissed the case a year later. But he was not accepted again to work. Had King move to Florida Followed by Louisiana AND work as a freelance journalist

In 1978, King returned to Miami again. And he went to the WIOD radio station he worked for when he was arrested. The same year, the radio report ‘The Larry King Show’ was released in the middle of the night. The report has been very popular. From the first episode that aired in 28 cities, it expanded to 118 cities in five years, raising King’s reputation. He sent her a ‘Peabody Award’ in 1982.

King has worked with major American media outlets, CNN, who hosted the 1985 talk show ‘Larry King Live’, which kickstarted his legacy as a television host. This includes interviews with famous people or celebrities, of which Larry King Live is one of the most viewed shows on CNN. And King became the most famous person on the station.

The party will surely end. King announced his departure from Larry King Live in 2011, but King continued to work until his death, hosting ‘Larry King Now’ on Ora TV, Hulu, and RT America, as if he didn’t want the interview to end. “I love what I do. I love asking questions. I love interviews, ”said Larry King.

Memorable Larry King Interview

During his 25 years as host of Larry King Live, he has conducted more than 50,000 interviews with Napoleon. And famous people in all circles. He has also spoken to all the incumbent presidents, from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama, and has had thousands of phone calls with the public. There are countless of his memorable interviews, such as

In 1993, King organized a debate between Vice President Al Gore and Rospero, a billionaire from Texas. In regards to the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which had the highest total audience of over 16.3 million at the time.

1995 King interviews Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. And King Hussein of Jordan at the same time, which under normal circumstances it was almost impossible for the leaders of the three opposing nations to interview at the same time.

After the World Trade Center sabotage on September 11, 2001 in New York City and Washington. King interviewed more than 700 guests, including first-person sightings, survivors and world leaders, and no fewer than 35 other dignitaries.

King received numerous awards for interviews with inmates at the prison. This includes conversations with Carla Fay Tucker, charged with the murder of Kim’s mother and daughter. And it was the first woman to be executed in Texas with Mike Tyson, a prominent former boxer who was jailed for alleged rape of a black American beauty queen.

Larry King was also the last person to interview legendary American singer Frank Sinatra in 1988. Sinatra was known to be a difficult interviewer until his death in 1998, and King later revealed that Sinatra interview with famous actor Marlon Brando. Asking for an equally difficult interview is an important part of your career.

Author: H2O

Sources: CNN, BBC