“Larry King” the male emcee who is unique by wearing a folded sleeve shirt. And asking questions comfortably with the participants And is one of the legends of the American radio and television industry. Died down at the age of 87 years on Jan. 23 at the past local time in the United States.
The BBC USA reported that it has been in the industry for over six decades and has been an emcee on CNN for 25 years and has spoken with celebrities from various circles including national leaders, politicians, entertainers or athletes. He was widely recognized and famous on Larry King Live until he left the show in 2010, with 1.5 million viewers, which he is the longest running host ever.
On the last tape recording of the program Former US President Barack Obama also defined him as “It opened up the world for us endlessly as we sat in the living room.” CNN described him as “Muhammad Ali of the broadcast interview.”
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Larry King was born Lawrence Harvey Ziger, born in Brooklyn. New York City on Nov. 19, 1933. Born into a religious and Jewish family. But later he switched to an agnostic. After his father died at the age of 44, Larry King, who graduated only in high school, rushed to work to help care for his mother and family.
However, he seems to know his own needs and wants to work in journalism. So he moved to Florida. And got to work on a radio station in his early 20s and minutes before he got his first broadcast. The station supervisor asked him to change his ethnic name a little less, so he chose “King” after glancing at the King’s Wholesale Liquor ad in the newspaper.
During the 1950s – 1960s he became a local broadcaster. Later, in 1971, Larry King was arrested for burglary. His former friend Larry King allegedly stole the money, but was withdrawn the following year.
However, from the scandal. It makes him unable to work on both newspapers and radio. Despite his hiatus, he continued to work as a PR and sports analyst, before 1975 he returned to the media in Miami.
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The Road to Fame VS Rivals
It wasn’t until 1978 when he was popular across the country as a late-night radio host on The Larry King Show before moving to CNN, moving onto the screens this time. It has also made it the first show that people have phone-in to talk to on TV.
According to CNN’s The Larry King Show, Larry King has attended more than 50,000 guest interviews during his 50-year career, including exclusive sitting sessions. Seef with the US President Many people have since Gerald Ford, and there are also world famous people like Dr. Martin Luther King, Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, LeBron. James, Paris Hilton and Margaret Thatcher
Larry King has won countless awards, including the Peabody Award for Excellence, which he received as a host for both radio and television.
Although he is highly criticized for being the one asking questions too light and easy. Without asking directly and strongly And use open-ended questions But referred to the allegations In an interview with Evan Davis on the BBC in 2015, where he learned from the work that “The more we retreat, the more Then ask good questions Listen carefully to their answers. And cares for the guests You’ll make them feel like they don’t have a camera over there. “
In addition, from which he was hit by a professional To replace him in CNN Pierce Morgan, the brave British host. Come to peck in sarcasm, Larry King countered that Pierce Morgan’s achievements are like those. “Selling himself too much” because he wanted to sell to a US audience, and Pierce’s program was not his way.
“My problem with Pierce. Not a personal issue But he is the opposite of who I am. I don’t despise the guests, nor do I do a show to show myself. The guests are not props, I’m not fun, I just don’t like doing interviews like that. “
However, after Pierce Morgan’s replacement for Larry King on CNN and broadcast for just three years, he responded to Larry King’s words at the time. “His program is like The person held a gun and rescued, but Larry King’s shows were more like the people standing behind a celebrity. ”
Even though Larry King didn’t do the show for CNN, he still loved the show. By the latter years He has made his own programming through Ora TV, as well as Hulu and RT, as an international broadcaster controlled by the Russian government.
“Muhammad Ali” of the interview industry
Larry King’s hosting was both cursed and admired, and Larry King often made it into the talk of the Town with a massive audience.
He served as the host for a 1993 debate between Texas billionaire Vice President Al Gore and Rosprott on the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), which broke the rating record at the time with More than 16.3 million viewers
In 1995, he interviewed the leaders, including Sir Alafat, Palestinian Leader Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister and King Hussein of Jordan.
Following the New York terrorist events of Sept. 11, 2001, Larry King interviewed more than 700 guests, including those who faced the incident. And survivors And more than 35 other world-class figures
Larry King was also rewarded for attending a prison interview. It was the mother-son murderer Sante Chimes and son Kenneth Chimes, Carla Fay Tucker, the first woman to be sentenced to death in Texas, and Mike Tyson. Loud boxing to go to jail
He also had interviews with Frank Sinatra, who rarely did in the media. His last interview with Larry King took place in 1988, one of Larry King’s favorite interviews.
As for the interviews that people talk about, there are also An interview with Marlon Brando, an actor from The Godfather, who had a contract to provide one interview to promote the book Songs My Mother Taught Me, which he chose to interview with Larry King, the interview was born. Up at Brando’s home, and the Oscar actor answers all of Larry King’s questions, including a childhood story. And career path This interview ended with the talk of the town because of the couple’s kiss.
Additionally, in 2007, Larry King was interviewed by two surviving members of the Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Star, who also had Yoko Ono. And Olivia Harrison, too, but what happened that day was Larry King calling Ringo “George”.
In 2007, there was an interview with comedian Jerry Seinfeld from NBC sitcom Seinfeld, who ran the show for nine years before he ended the show. Larry King asked the question: “You quit doing it yourself? He didn’t cancel your list. But it was you who undo them, right? ”Made Jerry Seinfeld in awe and said. “You don’t know at all? Do you think my program was canceled? You understand that I got canceled? ”
Which Larry King continued to ask if “Did I hurt you? Show it dropped. ”Before Seinfeld was upset,“ Is this CNN? I was the number one show on television, Larry! Do you know who I am? In the last tape, 75 million people watched. ”Larry King then had to cut into commercials right after the guests became upset and rant.
Another noteworthy interview for Larry King was when he teased with famous singer Lady Gaga in 2010, who was interviewed for the show, dressed in a black-and-white shirt, suspenders and wore. Black glasses Which is a style that makes the audience even laugh By that time talking about Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson’s unprecedented concert tour, quitting cocaine, as well as battling lupus.
In an interview with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Larry King asked viewers a question about whether he liked Steve Jobs and how he thought about the latest iPad product and the question, “Have you ever been?” Are you jealous of Apple? ”Even though it was an awkward question, Bill Gates answered it well.
Entertainment industry – health problems
In addition to his own television work, Larry King has also starred in several television shows including 30 Rock and Sesame Street, including films like Ghostbusters (1984). , 2007 and 2010), as well as Bee Movie in 2007.
In his personal life, he has been married eight times with seven women, five children, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Sadly, two of his children died in a row in 2020. His daughter Shia died at 51 from lung cancer in July and his 65-year-old son Andy died of a heart attack in August at the time, Larry King said. “Losing them is a difficult thing to do. No parent wants to bury his own child. “
Larry King has had many years of health problems, including diabetes and coronary artery disease.In 2017, he was undergoing surgery to treat lung cancer, and in 2019 he suffered a stroke. Until coma Until early 2021, he was sent to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Due to COVID 19
In 1988 he founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, a charity that helps treat heart disease for people with financial difficulties. Or without health insurance
As for what he has left for society as Famous program host The person stated that “I hope it will increase knowledge, entertainment and fun to the public.”
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