LARRY KING
(Lawrence Harvey Zeiger)
 
* 19. November 1933 (in New York)    † 23. January 2021 (in Los Angeles)
 

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in my humble opinion he was THE KING of interviews...a legend...I enjoyed his interviews for decades from Larry King Live on CNN to Larry King Now

started his career on 01. May 1957 at WAHR in Miami, Florida and left this radio station in 1977

did 'The Larry King Show' from 1977 - 1984 at Mutual Radio Network

did 'Larry King Live' and 'Larry King Live Weekend' from 03. June 1985 to 16. December 2010 on CNN

has been doing 'Larry King Now' (since 01. November 2012) and 'Politicking with Larry King' (since 13. Jnune 2013) - both on Ora TV

has been married to Shawn Southwick (* 1959)...they got married on 05. September 1997 and filed for divorce in August 2019 but the divorce was never finalized

had two sons with Southwick: Chance Armstrong (* 09. March 1999) and Cannon Edward (* 22. May 2000)...and a stepson, Danny from Southwick

had 4 other kids: Larry, Jr. (* 1962)...Larry was not married to his mother, Andy (died in July/August 2020 at age 65 after a heart attack adopted from Akins) from his first marriage with Alene Akins, Chaia (* 1967 died on 20. August 2020 of lung cancer, just within weeks after her brother Andy died) from his second marriage to Alene Akins and Kelley (adopted from Sutphin)

his father, Eddie died of a heart attack at age 44 on 09. June 1943

his mother, Jennie, died in 1976

he had a brother who died before Larry was born: Irwin (* 1926 † 1932)

had one younger brother: Marty

1. wife: Freda Miller...marriage was in 1952 but was anulled some time in 1953

2. wife: Annette Kaye (1960 - 1961, divorced)

3. wife: Mickey Sutphin, marriage lasted only 3 months in 1963

4. and 5. wife: Alene Akins, married 19. April 1963 - 06. December 1966, divorced...then they rewed in 1967 and divorced again in 1972

6. wife: Sharon Lepore, 25. September 1976 - 1984, divorced

7. wife: Julie Alexander, 07. October 1989 - 1992, divorced
 
 

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