Larry King dies at 87

King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s, and gained prominence beginning in 1978 as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System.[6] From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. From 2012 to 2020, he hosted Larry King Now aired on Hulu, Ora TV, and RT America. He continued to host Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show which aired weekly on the same two channels from 2013 until his death in 2021. King received many awards during his life, including several Cable ACE Awards, Peabody Awards and lifetime achievement awards. (FILE PHOTO)

LOS ANGELES — Broadcaster Larry King, whose career spanned eight decades, died Saturday. He was 87.

King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A cause of death was not reported although he was being treated for symptoms of COVID-19 and spent time in intensive care.

Beginning his career in 1957, King joined CNN in 1985 and hosted “Larry King Live” until 2010. He won Peabody awards and interviewed a wide range of politicians, world leaders, entertainers and businesspeople. He conducted an estimated 50,000 on-air interviews.

Larry King had seven wives and a total of five children. He married Shawn Southwick in 1997.