Larry King Hospitalized With COVID-19 (Report)

By Ellise Shafer

 

The legendary host is one of the most recognisable figures on US television [Andrew Kelly/Reuters]

 

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Larry King has tested positive for COVID-19 and is receiving treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, sources close to the King family told ABC News and CNN.

 

“Larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he is fighting this one hard too, he’s a champ,” a source said to ABC News.

 

King has been hospitalized for more than a week, according to CNN. King’s representatives did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.

 

The 87-year-old television host suffered a stroke and had an angioplasty in 2019. In 2017, he revealed that he had received treatment for lung cancer. King also had a major heart attack in 1987, for which he underwent quintuple-bypass surgery.

 

Showbiz 411 first reported the news on Jan. 1, noting that King is in isolation at the hospital and unable to receive visits from family.

 

King has written two books about his experience with heart disease: “Mr. King, You’re Having a Heart Attack: How a Heart Attack and Bypass Surgery Changed My Life” in 1989, and “Taking On Heart Disease: Famous Personalities Recall How They Triumphed over the Nation’s #1 Killer and How You Can, Too” in 2004.

 

In 2020, King lost two children - his son, Andy, died of a heart attack in July, and his daughter, Chaia, died of lung cancer in August.

 

King rose to fame in the 1970s with his radio program, “The Larry King Show.” From 1985 to 2010, King was the host of “Larry King Live” on CNN. Most recently, King hosted “Larry King Now” on Hulu and RT America from 2012 to 2020, and continues to host “Politicking With Larry King.” For his work in television and radio, King has won two Peabody awards, an Emmy award and 10 Cable ACE awards.

 

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I’ve listened to him many times over the years good luck Larry you are in my thoughts 

At his age and with all the medical problems he has, it does not look good for him, but who knows some people for unknown reasons seem to react better than others to covid.

So, best of luck to him, and all others facing this terrible virus . 

In his early days before He moved to California used to donate a lot of his time To help teenage youth in the Jewish organizations he was an inspiration I wish him all the best

I called the studio once to see where I could get a tape of his interview with Berkeley Breathed, creator of Bloom County, that had ended a little while before..  Larry himself answered and gave me the info.

 

His interviews were great.

if he died, with all his complications, still will be blamed on ...covid

 

not the cancer, lung problems, heart attacks and ... OLD AGE

Larry is in the high risk group with the highest fatality rate. I hope he has no underlying health conditions, is healthy and his immune system is functioning properly. 

4 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

if he died, with all his complications, still will be blamed on ...covid

 

not the cancer, lung problems, heart attacks and ... OLD AGE

If C19 was the proverbial "nail", then it should be. 

My favorite Larry King interview--with Marlon Brando.