This is an old revision of the document!
Table of Contents
Larry King
Full Name
Larry King was born as Lawrence Harvey Zeiger.1)
Birth
On November 19, 1933, he was born.2)
Death
He passed away on January 23, 2021.3)
Occupation
He was a television broadcaster, radio host, and paid spokesman in the United States.4)
Awards
His work has been honored with two Peabodys, one Emmy, and ten Cable ACE Awards.5)
Radio Interviewer And Journalist
In the 1950s and 1960s, King worked as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer. 6)
The Larry King Show
He rose to notoriety as the presenter of The Larry King Show beginning in 1978. This was a 24-hour call-in radio show carried on the Mutual Broadcasting System.7)
Hosting Larry King
From 1985 through 2010, he was the anchor of CNN's nightly interview show Larry King Live. He presented Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America from 2012 until 2020.8)
Politicking with Larry King
He kept hosting Politicking with Larry King. From 2013 till his death in 2021, this was a weekly political conversation program that ran on the same two stations.9)
Parents
He was the younger of two children born to Jennie (Gitlitz), a textile worker from Vilnius, Lithuania, and Aaron Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense-plant worker from Kolomyia, Austria-Hungary.10)
Education
King attended Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, a public high school. 11)
Father's Death
King's father died of a heart attack at the age of 44. As a result, he, his mother, and his brother were placed on welfare.12)
Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Following his heart attack in 1987, King established the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, which paid for life-saving cardiac operations for patients who could not otherwise afford them.13)