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Larry Kinghad a few underlying conditions that led tohis deathon Jan. 23 at age 87.
He washospitalizedat Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after he contractedCOVID-19in December, although the novel virus was not his cause of death.
TheLarry King Livehost also had two underlying conditions that led to sepsis, including acute hypoxic respiratory failure – meaning he did not have enough oxygen in his blood – and end stage renal disease also known as kidney failure.
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“But he beat it, you know, he beat it, but it did take its toll, and then the unrelated infection finally is what took him, but boy, he was not gonna go down easily,” she added.
Over the course of his life, the New York nativewas married eight times, two of those times to the same woman: Freda Miller (1952-53), Annette Kaye (1961), Alene Akins (1961-63), Mickey Sutphin (1964-67), Alene Akins (again from 1968-71), Sharon Lepore (1976-83), Julie Alexander (1989-92) andShawn Southwick King(1997-present).
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In 2010, Kingfiled for divorcefrom Shawn, 61, only toretract the paperworkthree months later.
In August 2019, his lawyer confirmed to PEOPLE that King hadfiled for divorce again, this time after nearly 22 years of marriage.
Over the course of his marriages, the radio talent had five children – Chance, Cannon, Larry King Jr., Andy, and Chaia.
King’s death comes five months after thedeaths of his children Andy and Chaiain the summer of 2020. They died within 23 days apart from each other.
Andy died suddenly of a heart attack on July 28. He was 65. Chaia died on Aug. 20, shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer. She was 51.
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His legacy includes more than 60,000 interviews of celebrities, politicians and athletes from around the world.
The list includes the lateJohn F. Kennedy Jr., Russian PresidentVladimir Putin, the Dalai Lama,Donald Trump,BillandHillary Clinton,Paris Hilton,Lady Gaga,Frank SinatraandLeBron James.
source: people.com
