Goodbye 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 was learned that the famous television presenter had been hospitalized for complications COVID-19.
“With deep sadness, Average time 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 Angeles“said a statement posted on the successful interviewer’s official Twitter account.
Although the note does not detail the causes of death, local media revealed on January 3 that king, who was born in New York on November 19, 1933, remained in a Los Angeles hospital hospitalized for new coronavirus.
He hardly knew the news of his death tributes began to arrive from the media, politics and the film world from Hollywood. The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, hailed his “great professionalism and journalistic authority no doubt,” according to a statement issued by the Kremlin.
correspondent CNN Christiane Amanpour she remembered him as “a giant of communication and a master of interviewing celebrities or heads of state.” He added: “Its name is synonymous with CNN and it was vital to growing the chain. Everyone wanted to be inside Larry King Live. Rest in peace”.
George Takei, his figure Star Trek, pointed out that King understood “human triumph and weakness equally”, while the actress Aleea Kirstie, famous for the series LuckHe said it is “one of the few show hosts that lets you talk“.
On the other hand, TV presenter Craig Ferguson did a Twitter review of everything he learned thanks to king during his career: “He taught me so much. It was a real mess. He probably taught me that word. Goodbye, friend, thanks for the laughter. 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 on the small screen, the host Wendy Williams, mourned his death: “Sad news this morning. Host Larry King has died. He was 87 years old. “
The British interviewer Piers Morgan described Larry King as “his hero” so far they fought when she had to replace him In the chain CNN, for which, he harshly criticized him at the time. But he was a brilliant announcer and a masterful television interviewer“, He admitted in his farewell message. (With information from AFP and EFE)