From his beginnings on local radio in Miami to his popular CNN series Larry King Live and beyond, King sat across the table from nearly every politician, Hollywood star and major author. Larry King passes away at 87. He hosted a nightly national Mutual Broadcasting System talk show on 500 radio stations from 1978 to 1994, which were rebroadcast until 2010. On January 2, 2021, he was hospitalized for COVID-19 and 21 days later, he died at the age of 87. Larry King Unlike most other interviewers, Larry King never read the material to be covered on the show beforehand. I was amazed that in my interviews, he would ask such basic questions as, • “Why should anyone be interested in sports?” • “Who cares about sports injuries?” • “What does it matter if a person is injured when he exercises?” Shecky Greene with Emerson College View Interview. Pinterest. Twitter. It was obvious to me that he was headed for a heart attack and I told him so. In 1995, at age 62, he was diagnosed with diabetes but continued to eat bagels and lots of other refined carbohydrates. I was amazed that in my interviews, he would ask such basic questions as, (Larry King enthusiasts will love this: In 1961, he had a guest spot as a Miami DJ on a television show called Miami Undercover—not to be confused with his television interview … Alan Perris He told me that his father had died of a heart attack, and he had already been married six times. "And we were doing it from his house because at that time he was a recluse and ... that was the only way he would do it.". King hosted "Larry King Live" on CNN for 25 years -- conducting more than 30,000 interviews, including the long, wide-ranging and at times bizarre 1994 conversation live from the home of Brando, the two-time Oscar winner. Larry King's best interviews on Larry King Live include Jerry Seinfeld, Donald Trump, Ross Perot and Al Gore, Frank Sinatra, and Marlon Brando. However, he continued to smoke and didn’t stop smoking until after he moved from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles. It was a full frontal kiss of the two of them," he said. "Darling, goodbye," Brando then told King. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. "And I just sat there ... ready to get under the desk. The 87-year-old iconic broadcaster died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a statement posted Saturday on his verified Facebook account. He grew up in a religious and observant Jewish household, although in later life he became an agnostic. Wendy Walker, then the show's executive producer, lightheartedly recalled the moment on Saturday. 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I found him to be the most interested interviewer of all my media appearances. His nightly television show, Larry King Live, ran on CNN from 1985 to 2010. Program segments include Hollywood Film Stars & Legends, Presidents & First Ladies, News Events & Scandals, TV Stars, Broadcast News Icons, Comedians, and Unforgettable Moments. Larry King's 1994 interview with Marlon Brando ended with a kiss on the lips. However, no cause of death was given. Don Rickles, 1985. In an unforgettable moment during King’s interview with Liza Minnelli … Paul Newman (1998) Larry was born in 1933 during the depression in Brooklyn, New York to Orthodox Jewish parents who emigrated to the United States from Belarus in the 1930s. "The only time I ever got in trouble in my 32 years at CNN was when we were doing the interview with Marlon Brando," she said. But my call to Wendy ... it really was, 'Wendy, Why? Larry King interviews Donald Trump on Oct. 7, 1999. When one of the disc jockeys quit without notice on May 1, 1957, Larry was the only one available to replace him.