Larry King
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Larry King was an American television and radio host who became one of the most recognizable figures in broadcast media during his long career from the mid-20th century until his death in 2021. He is primarily remembered for hosting "Larry King Live," a highly influential talk show that ran for decades and featured interviews with countless celebrities, politicians, and newsmakers.
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Lawrence Harvey Zeiger (1933-2021), better known by his stage name Larry King, was an American television and radio host. He was recognized in the United States as one of the premier broadcast interviewers of modern times. King conducted some 40,000 interviews with politicians, athletes, entertainers, and other newsmakers. He won an Emmy Award, two Peabody Awards, and ten Cable ACE Awards. King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Larry+Kin
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Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American TV and radio host, author, and spokesman. He was a WMBM radio interviewer in the Miami area in the 1950s and 1960s. Beginning in 1978, King gained national prominence as host of The Larry King Show, an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard over the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. King hosted Larry King Now from 2012 to 2020, which aired on Hulu, Ora TV, and RT America. He hosted Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show, on the same three channels from 2013 to 2020. King conducted over 50,000 interviews on radio and television.
King was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, to Jewish parents who immigrated to the United States from what is now Belarus in the 1920s. He studied at Lafayette High School, a public high school in Brooklyn.
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