Larry King

Hollywood Stars : Lawrence Harvey King

Born Name: Lawrence Harvey King Birthday: 1933-11-19 (Year-Month-Day) Website: Spouse(s): Freda Miller (1952–1953) Annette Kaye (1961) Alene Akins (1961–1963) Mickey Sutphin (1963–1967) Alene Akins (1967–1972) Sharon Lepore (1976–1983) Julie Alexander (1989–1992) Shawn Southwick (1997–present) Children: Medium: Television/Radio personality

Larry King, This article is about the television host. For similarly-named persons, see Lawrence King (disambiguation).Lawrence Harvey Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host.He is recognized in the United States as one of the premier broadcast interviewers. He has won an Emmy Award, two Peabody Awards, and ten Cable ACE Awards.King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s. He became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978, and then, in 1985, began hosting the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN.On June 29, 2010, it was announced that he would step down as host of the show but would continue to host specials for CNN. In early September, CNN confirmed that he would be replaced by Piers Morgan. Kings last show aired on December 16, 2010.