Larry King Overview: Lawrence Harvey "Larry" King (born November 19, 1933) is an
American television and radio host. He is recognized in the United States as
one of the premier broadcast interviewers.
He has won an Emmy Award, two
Peabody Awards, and ten Cable ACE Awards. King began as a local Florida
journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s. He became prominent as
an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978, and then, in 1985,
began hosting the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN. On June
29, 2010, it was announced that he would step down as host of the show but
would continue to host specials for CNN. In early September, CNN confirmed that
he would be replaced by Piers Morgan. King's last show aired on December 16,
2010. King was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Edward Zeiger, a restaurant
owner and defense plant worker, and his wife Jennie Gitlitz, a garment worker,
who emigrated from Belarus. King grew up in a religious and observant Jewish
home
Place of
birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
of America
Height: 1.75 m
Religion: Agnosticism, Jewish
Also
known as: Lawrence
Harvey Zeiger
Larry
King on Twitter: http://twitter.com/kingsthings
Larry
as a Boy
Larry’s father taught him two main lessons in life. One was
to never lie and the second was not to talk to strangers.
On
the Dole
After Larry King’s father passed away from a sudden heart
attack when Larry was 9-years-old, his family signed up for welfare to survive.
First-Time
Dad
King was briefly married to Annette Kaye, who gave birth to
his son, Larry Jr., in November 1961. King did not meet Larry Jr. until he was
in his 30s.
Born
Journalist
King has conducted over 40,000 interviews with politicians,
athletes, entertainers, and other newsmakers.
His
First Gig
King started working as a janitor and gopher at a Miami
Beach radio station in 1957. He first went on the air when one of their
announcers quit without notice.
Suspenders
King
When asked how many suspenders he once had, King responded:
“Never counted ‘em. But my guess would be 150. There are suspenders in New York
and Washington and, of course, at my home in Los Angeles. But they can’t be
clip-ons. Every pair of pants I buy, jeans, anything, we sew in the suspender
buttons.”
Ask
One Wrong Question
At the age of 22, Larry King asked a question he’ll never
forget. While interviewing a Catholic priest, King asked the celibate priest
how many children he had. “The look on his face is something I still see in my
nightmares,” King jokingly said.
Larry's
Women
Larry has been married eight times to seven different women.
Two of the women were Playboy Bunnies and one was his high school sweetheart.
Following
His Beliefs
Oddly enough, the one thing that Larry still maintains is
not mixing milk and meat together. “I’ll eat bacon, but bacon with a glass of
milk… I’ll faint.”
Jailbird
Larry King was arrested in Miami on December 20, 1971 on
charges of grand larceny.
I
Can See Your Future
Larry King thinks he has psychic abilities.
Battling
Diabetes
King has Type II diabetes.
Not
Dead Yet
King once said the reason he doesn’t want to die is because
he is so curious. “If I died I wouldn’t know who won the World Series, or who
would be the next president. That would drive me nuts.”
Changed
His Name
He uses Larry King as a stage name on the advice that his
original surname, Zeiger sounded “too Jewish.”
If
I Could Interview One Person...
Larry King would like to interview Fidel Castro.
Larry King Relationships Till Date:
Alene Akins - Ex-wife
Andy King - Son
Angie Dickinson -
Ex-significant Other
Cannon Edward King -
Son
Chaia King - Daughter
Chance King - Son
Danny Southwick -
Stepson
Deanna Lund -
Ex-fiancée
Eddie Zeiger - Father
Frada Miller -
Ex-wife
Irwin Zeiger -
Brother
Jennie Zeiger -
Mother
Julia Alexander -
Ex-wife
Kelly King - Daughter
Larry King Jr. - Son
Marty Zeiger -
Brother
Mickey Sutphin -
Ex-wife
Rama Fox - Ex-fiancée
Sharon Lepore -
Ex-wife
Shawn Southwick -
Wife
Annette Kaye -
Ex-wife
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