Larry King dies at 87 weeks after coming down with Covid-19
Published on: Saturday, January 23, 2021
By: FMT
Veteran US talk show host Larry King has died at the age of 87. (Instagram pic)
PETALING JAYA: Veteran US talk show host Larry King has died at the age of 87, weeks after coming down with Covid-19.
He died in hospital this morning, his Ora Media company said. The cause of death was not announced, but he had been in hospital for several weeks being treated for Covid-19.
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His death comes after years of health problems that plagued the star including battles with lung and prostate cancer. He also survived a heart attack in 1987 and a near-fatal stroke in 2019, that had left him in a coma for weeks.
King had come to fame with the Larry King Show on radio, which ran from 1978 until 1994, winning him a coveted Peabody Award in 1982, and started Larry King Live on CNN in 1985 which propelled him to a new level of fame.
The show covered a broad range of topics from current affairs to wacky conspiracy theories and celebrity guests, and became a US TV staple.
King stepped down in 2010 and handed over to Piers Morgan who took over from him. He signed off his final show, saying: “I don’t know what to say except to you, my audience, thank you. And instead of goodbye, how about so long.”
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