Over the past weekend, the veteran TV host and journalist, Larry King, passed away aged 87. King was one of the greatest broadcasting giants in US history. Over his six-decade career, he carried out interviews with every sitting US president from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama and a number of world leaders and high-profile public figures. Among the celebrities he interviewed were Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Seinfeld, and Liza Minelli - the list goes on.
An official statement posted to King’s verified social media accounts said he had passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The statement did not specify the cause of death. It is, however, known that the late broadcaster battled a number of health issues in recent years and that he was hospitalized with Covid-19 at Cedars-Sinai in late December.
Larry King (originally Lawrence Harvey Zeiger) was born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. King began his career in journalism as a local reporter in Miami, Florida. He rose to national fame with the launch of his radio program The Larry King Show in 1978, before moving over to CNN and hosting the Larry King Live, which ran from 1985 to 2010.
King was known for his non-confrontational interview style and his open-ended questions, for which he was hailed, but also occasionally criticized. King himself boasted of not doing much research before the interviews in order to learn along with the viewers. It was his genuinely curious nature and open mind rather than excessive preparation that led to a successful interview, even when conversing with famously-reclusive individuals like Brando or Sinatra.
On the personal life front, King was married eight times, on which he once remarked, "I'm not good at marriage, but I'm a great boyfriend." To honor King’s legacy, we rounded up a few more of his quotes that are worth revisiting. Take a look at some of King’s most powerful and memorable utterances.
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