Farewell to the ‘king’ of interviews. Larry King passed away on Saturday at the age of 87 in a hospital in Los Angeles, a few weeks after it became known that the renowned TV host had been admitted for complications from COVID-19.
“With deep sadness, Average hour announces the death of our co-founder, presenter and friend Larry King, who died this morning at the age of 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angelessaid a statement on the successful interviewer’s official Twitter account.
While the note does not detail the causes of death, local media revealed on January 3 king, born in New York on November 19, 1933, was in a Los Angeles hospital admitted for infection from the new coronavirus.
Hardly known the news of his death tribute began to come from the media, political and film world of Hollywood. The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, praised his “great professionalism and undisputed journalistic authority,” said a statement from the Kremlin.
The correspondent of CNN Christiane Amanpour he remembered him as “a communications giant and a master of the interview with celebrities or heads of state.” He added: “His name is synonymous with CNN and it was vital to the growth of the chain. EVERYONE wanted to be in Larry King Life. Rest in peace”.
George Takei, figure of Star Trek, emphasized that King understood “human triumph and weakness equally,” while the actress Kirstie Alley, famous for the series cheers, He said it was “one of the few talk show presenters who let you talk“.
On the other hand, TV host Craig Ferguson took a review on Twitter of everything he learned thanks to king during his career: “Taught me so much. It was a real person. He probably even taught me that word. Goodbye, friend, thanks for the laugh. Say “hello” to Rickles. “
“Rest in peace, Larry King. I liked the light format of his show CNN and his incredible voice, ”he wrote Andy Cohen. Another colleague from the small screen, the host Wendy Williams, also mourned his death: “Sad news this morning. Host Larry King has passed away. He was 87 years old ”.
The British interviewer Piers Morgan described Larry King as “his hero” up to the moment they fought when he had to replace it In the chain CNN, for which he strongly criticized him at the time. But he was a brilliant announcer and a masterful television interviewerAdmitted in his goodbye message. (With information from AFP and EFE)