Larry King, TV & Radio Veteran, Dead At 87
We’re sad to report that Larry King has passed away at the age of 87. The legendary media personality was hospitalized at the beginning of the year with COVID-19. King passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Saturday morning, according to TMZ.
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King was initially diagnosed with coronavirus over the holidays. News of his hospitalization arrived shortly after entering the new year. He was in ICU at the time, though he had apparently moved to a normal hospital room after he was able to breathe on his own. His symptoms reportedly got worse and he passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning.
King got his start in radio at Miami’s WAHR-AM where he held a position as a disc jockey. Over the years, he’d become one of the most prolific journalists in America, interviewing everyone from Sir Paul McCartney to Vladimir Putin. Among the span of his 60-year career, he conducted over 30,000 interviews. Some of them including our favorite rap artists in the game. If you’ll recall, Snoop Dogg once brought Larry King to Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles for a CNN. Their bond became even tighter over the years with King interviewing Snoop Lion during his reggae era.
In recent years, he expanded the scope on hip-hop artists on Ora TV, interviewing the likes of Tyler, The Creator, Rapsody, DJ Khaled, and more many. He also once dropped some bars on Sway In The Morning.
King is survived by five children, Cannon, Chance, Danny, Kelly and Larry Jr.
RIP to a legend.
