Larry King, the suspendered talk show host whose interviews with thousands of newsmakers and entertainers made him a broadcasting legend, has died. King, who hosted CNN's award-winning "Larry King Live" for 25 years, interviewed everyone from world leaders and celebrities to criminals and conspiracy theorists during 6,000-plus episodes of the evening show from 1985 tthrough 2010. Around the same time, King started writing columns for newspapers, including the Miami Herald, Miami News and Miami Beach Sun-Reporter. LARRY KING LOSES 2 CHILDREN WITHIN WEEKS OF EACH OTHERLegal and financial issues nearly derailed his career in the 1970s but he recovered to launch the "Larry King Show" on the Mutual Broadcasting Network in 1978, which paved the way for his highly successful CNN program. Born Lawrence Zeiger on Nov. 19, 1933 in Brooklyn, he started going by Larry King early in his career.

Source: Fox News January 23, 2021 13:11 UTC