Several American media have confirmed that the famous host of The Larry King Show is admitted to Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, where he is isolated and without being able to receive visits from his ex-wife, Shawn King, whom he divorced in 2019, or from his children Cannon and Chance.
A source close to the television character told ABC News that “Larry has struggled with many health problems in recent years, so now he is fighting a lot against covid. He is a champion.”
King, 87, suffers from type 2 diabetes, and last year he survived a stroke after an angioplasty in which a stent was implanted to unload the arteries of the heart.
It hosts Larry King with Ben Affleck on a 2005 broadcast of his show.
In 2020, the presenter tragically lost two of his children and in a few weeks to each other: Andy, 65, of a heart attack and Chaia, 51, a victim of lung cancer.
“With sadness and a broken father’s heart, I confirm the recent loss of two of my children, Andy King and Chaia King. They were both kind and kind and will be missed,” King said in a Facebook post in August. last year, in which he stressed that “no parent should bury a child”
Throughout his life, Larry King survived a heart attack in 1987, as well as lung and prostate cancer.
The host gained fame with the radio show The Larry King Show, which aired from 1978-1994. He later went on television with Larry King Live, which aired on CNN from 1985 to 2010.
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