Larry King, legendary talk show host and a broadcast pioneer, dies at the age of 87.
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Pete we begin this hour
PETE. We begin this hour.
Breaking news,
legendary radio talk show host
Larry King has died,
Jedediah he passed away at a
LOS Angeles hospital this
morning at the age of eighty seven
will here is a look back at
Larry Kings legacy.
What I do is ask questions
for a living.
What a way to make a living
with his distippingive vote,
voice and trademark suspenders
Larry King ruled the talk show
I missed, will Fidel Castro
other than that. I have
interviewed every world leader
special treat tonight appear
hour with Madonna.
If we have to tell you who she
is, you have severe problems.
Laughter
night after night, tens of
thousands of interviews in depth
chats with news makers,
entertainers and presidents
im delighted to be here.
Larry
king was born in Brooklyn
New York in nineteen forty three and launched
his broadcasting career as a
radio dj in Miami in the
1950s
he rose to fame with a
nationally syndicated late night,
talk show in nineteen seventy eight and was
perhaps best known for hosting
Larry King live on CNN for a
quarter century from nineteen. Eighty five, until
he retired in twenty ten,
but he wasnt off the air for
long
in twelve, he began hosting a show
online called Larry King now,
while some critics suggested he
was a soft interviewer.
He won numerous awards for his
work, including an Emmy and two
Peabodys.
All I have done as an
interviewer. Is I never brought
opinions?
I left my ego at the door.
I never use offed the word I,
the guest was the thing that
counted.
King was married eight times to
seven women
and had five children.
In later years he suffered a
heart attack and was treated for
lung cancer, but through it all
he never lost his sense of humor
or his desire to keep asking the
big questions.
The one question I would ask
God: okay: first, if Monica
Lewandowski wants to come on, we
will bump God
God.
My first question to God will be.
Did you have a son?
Ladies and gentlemen, Larry
King.
Transcript generated on 2021-01-23.