Larry king

Lawrence Harvey Zeiger (Larry King) was born November 19, 1933 in the New York area of Brooklyn in a Jewish family of immigrants from Austria and Belarus .

During his career, he conducted more than fifty thousand interviews with politicians, athletes, artists and other celebrities ^[4] . He is an Emmy Award winner, a two-time Peabody Award winner and a ten-time Cable ACE Award winner.

Parents Larry, Jenny and Eddie Zeiger, emigrated from Belarus and Austria, respectively. Their first son, Irwin, was born in 1932 , but died at the age of six from appendicitis . After Larry, another son was born in their family - Marty.

In 1957, at the suggestion of James Sermons (CBS commentator), he moved to Miami . In pursuit of his dream, he made an offer to go on the air on WAHR radio. So began his career in the media. He switched to working for CNN when it was just starting to develop, at the suggestion of Ted Turner ^[5] .

He was married eight times. Four children from three wives.

Since 1997, married his eighth marriage to Shawn Southwick.

In 1997, along with other well-known actors and leaders of Hollywood, Larry King signed an open letter to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl , published in the International Herald Tribune , which stated the inadmissibility of infringement of the religious rights of Scientology followers in Germany ^[6] .

In July 2010, Larry King announced the voluntary imminent closure of his show. The latest issue was released on December 16, 2010. The guest of the program was Arnold Schwarzenegger .

May 29, 2013 Larry King sold the rights to his television show Larry King Now ^{[7] [8]} to RT America , where he continued to work.

• Peabody Award for Radio (1980) and TV Show (1992).
• The Emmy Award (2011).
• Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism.
• Ten Awards for the American Cable Television Cable ACE Awards (Best Interviewer and Best Talk Show Cycle).
• Harvard University Mahoney Prize for Neurology Education.
• Star on the Walk of Fame , Hollywood (1997).
• Honorary degrees from George Washington University , the New England Institute of Technology, Brooklyn College and the Pratt Institute ^[9] .

• From it, the Russian television journalist Vladislav Listyev took the image for his Rush Hour program ^[10] .
• In the film "Ghostbusters" Larry King discusses the phenomenon of "Hunters" in his broadcast, thereby showing a public interest in the events.
• The Larry King show is listed in the Guinness Book of Records, as the longest show on television with a permanent host.
• In 1971, Larry King was arrested for theft.
• The analogue of Larry King in the animated film " Bee Movie: The Honey Conspiracy " was Pche-Larry King, where he voiced it, and in the animated films " Shrek 2 ", " Shrek the Third " and " Shrek Forever " he voiced the ugly stepsister Sister Doris.
• Larry King was a guest in one episode of the Phineas and Ferb Talk Show spin-off.
• In the animated series "Gravity Falls", in the episode "Bounty Hunters", among the wax figures there is a figure of Larry King (nicknamed "some kind of gremlin"). His head survived and disappeared into the ventilation. It is noteworthy that the wax head was voiced by Larry King himself.
• On April 15, 1989, Donald Trump participated in the Larry King Live talk show, where during a dialogue he asked Larry King for permission to sit away, because King had a bad breath (this was a kind of answer to a question from Larry King Trump: “You can put people in an uncomfortable position and make them feel uncomfortable, if you want - how do you do it !?” ^[11] .
• Together with his wife appeared on the WWE RAW wrestling show on October 8, 2012 as an invited guest.
• He plans to freeze his body after death with the help of cryonics, as announced on the air of a special program on CNN ^[12] .

• My Remarkable Journey , 2009
• The People's Princess: Cherished Memories of Diana, Princess of Wales, From Those Who Knew Her Best , 2007
• My Dad and Me: A Heartwarming Collection of Stories About Fathers from a Host of Larry's Famous Friends , 2006
• Taking on Heart Disease: Famous Personalities Recall How They Triumphed Over the Nation's # 1 Killer and How You Can, Too , 2004
• Remember Me When I'm Gone: The Rich and Famous Write Their Own Epitaphs and Obituaries , 2004
• Love Stories of World War II , 2002
• Anything Goes! : What I've Learned from Pundits, Politicians, and Presidents , 2000
• Powerful Prayers: Conversations on Faith, Hope, and the Human Spirit with Today's Most Provocative People , 1999
• Future Talk: Conversations About Tomorrow with Today's Most Provocative Personalities , 1998
• Daddy Day, Daughter Day , 1997
• The Best of Larry King Live: The Greatest Interviews , 1995
• How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication , 1995
• When Your From Brooklyn: Child Art , 1994
• On the Line: The New Road to the White House , 1993
• Tell Me More , 1992
• Tell It To The King , 1989
• Larry King , 1984

• King L. What am I doing here? Journalist Path = My Remarkable Journey. - M .: Alpina Publisher , 2010. - 290 p. - ISBN 978-5-9614-1242-0 .
• King L. How to Talk with Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere = How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere. - M .: “Alpina Publisher” , 2011. - 204 p. - ISBN 978-5-9614-1713-5 .
• King L. In truth, Per. from English A. Kabalkina. - M .: Astrel, 2012 .-- 256 p. - 2,000 copies, copies. - ISBN 978-5-271-39815-5 .

Phil Donahue

• King in suspenders. Larry King - 50 years on the air , S. Korotaevsky, Kiev Telegraph (Retrieved February 24, 2011)
• Larry King, the son of Belarusian Jews, made a funny show from childhood memories. February 23, 2011 , newsru.co.il (Retrieved February 24, 2011)
• Interview with Larry King radio station "Echo of Moscow" (2011)