Larry King was an American television host, radio host, and paid spokesman, whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys, an Emmy award, and 10 Cable ACE Awards.

King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s, and gained prominence beginning in 1978 as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. From 2012 to 2020, he hosted Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America. He continued to host Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show which aired weekly on the same two channels from 2013 until his death. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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Television and Radio Host. Born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, the son of Russian Orthodox Jewish parents who immigrated to the US in the early 1930s, he had an interest in radio from a young age. In his early 20s, he took off to Miami, Florida and was able to obtain a job with a small radio station, WAHR (now WMBM) in Miami Beach to clean up and perform miscellaneous tasks. When one of the station's announcers abruptly quit, he was put on the air as a disc jockey. The general manager wanted him to use a different last name and King was chosen from an ad in the Miami Herald for King's Wholesale Liquor. Within two years, he legally changed his name to Larry King. He started doing interviews on a show for WIOD at Pumpernik's Restaurant in Miami Beach. His first interview was with a waiter at the restaurant and two days later, singer Bobby Darin walked in having heard King's radio show and became his first celebrity guest. He gained local attention and then in May 1960, he hosted “Miami Undercover” on Sunday nights on WPST-TV (now WPLG). He was also a color commentator for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League during their 1970 season and most of their 1971 season. However, he was dismissed by both WIOD and television station WTVJ as a late-night radio host and sports commentator as of December 20, 1971, when he was arrested for grand larceny based on charges brought by a former business partner which were later dismissed. He had also lost his weekly column at the Miami Beach Sun newspaper. He was rehired by WIOD and for many years during the 1970s, he hosted a sports talk-show called "Sports-a-la-King" that featured guests and callers. In January 1978, he went national on a nightly Mutual Broadcasting System coast-to-coast broadcast and soon gained a devoted audience. “The Larry King Show” was broadcast live Monday through Friday from midnight to 5:30 am Eastern Time. The show eventually had more than 500 affiliates and he hosted the show until stepping down in 1994. He was most known for “Larry King Live” that started on CNN In June 1985 and stayed on until 2010 after more than 6000 episodes. With a cordial, easygoing demeanor that distinguished him from more intense TV interviewers, King perfected a casual approach to the Q&A format, always leaning forward and listening intently to his guests, rarely interrupting. During its 25-year span, he interviewed every president from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama. He would not spend time preparing for interviews, preferring instead to let his natural curiosity guide the conversations. The show made him one of the faces of the network, and one of the most famous television journalists in the country. His column in USA Today, which ran for nearly 20 years until 2001, showcased his distinct style in print, inviting readers down a trail of non-sequiturs that served as a window into his mind. Those musings, combined with his unmistakable appearance -- oversized glasses, ever-present suspenders -- made King ripe for caricature. In the 1990s, he was portrayed on "Saturday Night Live" by Norm MacDonald, who channeled the USA Today column with a spot-on impersonation. After leaving CNN, in March 2012, he co-founded Ora TV, a production company. On January 16, 2013, Ora TV celebrated their 100th episode of “Larry King Now.” In May 2013, RT America network announced their deal with Ora TV to host “Larry King Now” on its network. The show continued to be available on Hulu.com and Ora TV. The following month, RT America began airing Larry King's new Thursday evening political talk show “Politicking with Larry King.” During his career, he also guest starred in episodes of “Arthur,” “30 Rock” and “Gravity Falls,” had cameos in “Ghostbusters” and “Bee Movie,” and voiced Doris the Ugly Stepsister in “Shrek 2 and its sequels. He also played himself in “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and in an episode of “Law and Order: Trial by Jury.” He also hosted the educational television series “In View with Larry King” from 2013 to 2015. He became a very active user on the social-networking site Twitter, where he posted thoughts and commented on a wide variety of subjects. Over the years, he received many broadcasting awards. He won two Peabody Awards for Excellence in broadcasting for both his radio (1982) and television (1992) shows. He also won 10 CableACE awards for Best Interviewer and for Best Talk Show Series. In 1989, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame, and in 1996 to the Broadcasters' Hall of Fame. In 2002, the industry publication Talkers Magazine named King both the fourth-greatest radio talk show host of all time and the top television talk show host of all time. He received the Scopus Award from the American Friends of Hebrew University in 1994 and in 1996, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Art Buchwald. In January 2008, the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California awarded him the Golden Mike Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was also an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Beverly Hills and he was a recipient of the President's Award honoring his impact on media from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2006. He was the first recipient of the Arizona State University Hugh Downs Award for Communication Excellence, presented April 11, 2007 via satellite by Downs himself. He also received honorary degrees from Bradley University, George Washington University, the Columbia School of Medicine, Brooklyn College, the New England Institute of Technology and the Pratt Institute.

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' (באנגלית: Larry King; נולד ב-19 בנובמבר 1933) הוא שדרן רדיו וטלוויזיה יהודי-אמריקאי. הנחה את תוכנית האירוח המרכזית ברשת CNN ("לארי קינג לייב") מיוני 1985 עד דצמבר 2010.

תוכן עניינים 1 שנים מוקדמות 2 המשך הקריירה 3 קישורים חיצוניים 4 הערות שוליים שנים מוקדמות נולד בשם לורנס הארווי זיגר בברוקלין, ניו יורק להורים יהודים אורתודוקסים ממוצא ליטאי ואוקראיני. הוא למד בבית הספר ע"ש המרקיז דה לה פאייט (אנ'). בשנת 1955 עבר למיאמי, והתקבל לעבודה בתחנת רדיו מקומית קטנה (WAHR), בתור עובד כללי. ב-1 במאי 1957, בעקבות פרישה של אחד משדרני התחנה, קינג החל לעבוד כשדרן. הוא אימץ את השם לארי קינג בעצת מנהל התחנה, שהציע לו לבחור בשם קליט. בהמשך שידר תוכנית אירוח בתחנת רדיו אחרת (WIOD), ובמאי 1960 החל להנחות תוכנית אירוח בתחנת טלוויזיה מקומית.

ב-20 בדצמבר 1971 נעצר במיאמי באשמת גניבה, בעקבות חוב לשותפו לואיס וולפסון. בעקבות המעצר הושעה מעבודתו כמנחה. הוא עבד כמנהל יחסי ציבור בלואיזיאנה. לבסוף בוטל אישום הגניבה עקב התיישנות, וקינג הורשע ב-14 מקרים של תשלום בהמחאות ללא כיסוי.

המשך הקריירה בשנת 1978, קינג החל להנחות תוכנית אירוח בתחנת רדיו ארצית (MRN). התוכנית שודרה בימים שני עד שישי, משעה 12 בלילה עד 5:30 בבוקר. התוכנית כללה ראיון במשך שעה וחצי, ושאלות מאזינים במשך שעה וחצי. התוכנית זכתה להצלחה רבה, ושודרה עד שנת 1994. ביוני 1985, קינג החל להנחות את תוכנית האירוח המרכזית ברשת CNN.

סגנון הראיון שלו נחשב ישיר, אך נמנע מעימותים. במהלך השנים, קינג ערך יותר מ-40 אלף ראיונות אישיים. הוא זכה בפרס הפיבודי על תוכנית הרדיו (בשנת 1982) ועל תוכנית הטלוויזיה (בשנת 1992).

קינג, שעבר מספר התקפי לב, הקים קרן תרומות לרפואת לב. אחד התורמים הבולטים לקרן הוא מנחה הטלוויזיה דייוויד לטרמן, שעבר ניתוח מעקפים בשנת 2000. קינג תרם מיליון דולר לקרן המלגות של אוניברסיטת ג'ורג' וושינגטון. ב-30 ביוני 2010 הודיע על כוונתו לפרוש משידור תוכניתו ב-CNN‏[1]. תוכניתו האחרונה שודרה ביום 16 בדצמבר 2010. לארי דיבב את דוריס-האחות המכוערת בסרט שרק 2 בגרסתו האמריקאית (בבריטניה הוקרן הסרט כשאת הדמות מדבב ג'ונתן רוס).

קינג גילם דבורה בסרט כוורת בסרט ואת גרוויטי פולס כדמות אורח, ואירחו אותו בפיניאס ופרב מארחים.

קינג מתגורר בלוס אנג'לס. נשוי (בפעם השישית) לזמרת שון סאותוויק, ואב לחמישה ילדים. באוקטובר 2017 הגיש בקשה לגרושים מסאותוויק וזאת לאחר 20 שנות נישואים.

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One of the stalwarts of cable news -- not only in the United States but around the globe -- CNN mainstay Larry King reshaped the landscape of broadcast journalism when his talk show Larry King Live debuted in June 1985; that program's groundbreaking admixture of cutting-edge political discussion, incisive celebrity-directed Q & A, and viewer phone-in rocked the world and drew an audience of tens of millions. By 2007 -- King's 22nd year on cable and his 50th year in broadcasting -- the CNN website revealed that King had chalked up 40,000 interviews, including one with every United States president since Gerald Ford. Uncoincidentally, that was the same year King achieved an honor claimed by very few: a city block -- the street surrounding the CNN building -- was christened "Larry King Square" in his honor.

He was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger on Nov 19, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York to Jennie (née Gitlitz), a garment worker, and Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense plant worker. Larry's parents were Jews who had emigrated from Belarus (Minsk and Pinsk). He was raised in a "very culturally Jewish" family. His father died at 44 of heart disease when Larry was nine, and his mother had to go on welfare to support Larry and his younger brother. His father's death affected Larry greatly, and he lost interest in school, ruining his chances to go to college. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother. From an early age he wanted to go into radio.

From an early age, Larry dreamed of a career in radio, but Edward's death greatly affected Larry's emotional stability, causing him to lose interest in school. He barely finished high school, and had little prospect of having a steady career. At this time, he went to work as a mail clerk to help support his mother.

A chance meeting with a CBS television announcer set Larry Zeiger on the pathway to a career in radio. The announcer told Larry to go to Florida, a state with a growing media market that was hiring inexperienced broadcasters. Zeiger got his first break on Miami radio station WAHR (now WMBM) in Miami Beach. Initially, the job was to clean up the station and perform odd jobs. But when one of their announcers quit in May of 1957, Zeiger was put on to replace him. He must have impressed his manager, because King was immediately put on the 9:00 AM to noon shift. He also did two afternoon newscasts and a sportscast. Doing all this while receiving a $55 a week salary, made the young Larry feel he was fulfilling his long-time dream.

Larry Zeiger acquired the name Larry King when the station's general manager told him Zeiger was too ethnic, and hard to remember. Minutes before he was to go on air, inspired by an advertisement for King's Wholesale Liquor, he chose the name King. King soon found popularity in the South Florida radio scene. In 1960, he premiered his first program on Miami television and built up a strong local following, adding a newspaper column in the entertainment sections of the Miami Herald and Miami News to his radio and television duties. During the 1960s, he entered the sphere of television legend Jackie Gleason, who was producing a national television variety show in Miami Beach at the time. King later credited Gleason for teaching him much about television production, and called him a mentor.

In December 1971, Larry King was charged with grand larceny by a former business partner, which immediately led to the loss of his broadcast and newspaper jobs. He was acquitted of all charges in 1972, but was deeply in debt and publicly disgraced. Over the next several years he worked to rebuild his career, writing magazine articles and working in West Coast radio. By the late 1970s, the incident had blown over, and he was able to return to Miami broadcasting. He was rehired by WIOD in 1978, starting a nightly coast-to-coast talk show, The Larry King Show, on the Mutual Radio Network. The show featured guest interviews and call-ins from the listening audience, and became very successful, growing to over 500 affiliate satiations. This work caught the attention of media mogul Ted Turner, who hired King to host his own talk show on the then-fledgling Cable News Network in 1985.

Larry King Live became the first international TV call-in show. Over the course of the next 25 years, King developed a loyal audience who tuned in to watch the talk show host interview presidents, athletes, actors, national heroes, foreign dignitaries and obscure individuals who were thrust into the limelight. The show soon became the highest-rated talk show on air, and a requisite stopover for celebrities plugging any project. King's direct, non-confrontational interview style has proven to be a hit with audiences and guests alike. As a testament to its influence, Ross Perot chose to announce his 1992 presidential bid on Larry King Live. In addition, King has also used his show as a portal for other fundraising events, including the support of disaster relief in New Orleans and Haiti.

In June 2010, King announced he'd be ending his reign as host of the CNN talk show after 25 years. In September the same year, CNN named British media personality, Piers Morgan, as King's successor.

Outside his career at talk show host, King has appeared as himself in several movies and television shows. He's also done voice work in such animated films as Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), and Bee Movie (2007). He's also written several books on heart disease after he suffered a heart attack in 1987. King's autobiography, My Remarkable Journey, was published in 2009.

Larry King also became well known for his repeat trips to the altar, marrying a total of eight times—twice to the same woman. King has been in and out of marriages most of his adult life, beginning with his marriage to his high-school sweetheart Freda Miller when he was 19. During his subsequent seven marriages he has fathered four children. In 1997, King married his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick, a former singer and television host, in King's Los Angeles hospital room three days before he underwent heart surgery. Southwick is 26 years King's junior. The couple has two children together, Chance and Cannon. Southwick has a son, Danny, from her former marriage. The couple announced their separation, and impending divorce, on April 14, 2010. The couple has since stopped proceedings, however, claiming they did so for the sake of the children.

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