Larry King (real name Lawrence Harvey Zeiger), who is called the “legendary” of the American talk show, has passed away. 87 years old. It has been 20 days since it was known that he was confirmed by Corona 19 on the 3rd and has been in the hospital for more than a week.
On the 23rd (local time), Ora Media, founded by Larry King, posted on Twitter in the name of Larry King, “Our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King was 87 years old, and this morning at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. I took my breath away.”
“Larry’s numerous interviews, awards, and worldwide applause over 63 years across radio, television and digital media platforms have been evidence of his unique and enduring talent as a broadcaster.”
At the same time as CNN’s inauguration in 1985, he started as a host for’Larry King Live’ and interviewed 50,000 people from all walks of life, including presidents, athletes, and entertainers, in more than 6,000 shows for 25 years until 2010. He has also contributed a column to USA Today, a national magazine for over 20 years. In recent years, Hulu and Larry King Now ran on the Russian national broadcaster RT.
In 1988, the deceased founded the Larry King Heart Foundation, a charity funding heart treatment fund, and raised more than $15 million to provide more than 1,500 heart surgeries.
One source told CNN on the 3rd, when news of fighting the disease was announced, “Larry has been fighting many health problems in recent years, and this time he is also fighting a difficult disease. He is a champion.” King said in recent years lung cancer, angina, heart disease, and diabetes. He had a back pain, but it seems he died due to such an underlying disease in his old age.
King married seven wives eight times and had five children, but last year, two children died of heart attack and lung cancer every few weeks.
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