Larry King dies at 87

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Larry King, the radio and television personality whose breezy, conversational interviews with celebrities and newsmakers made him a broadcasting icon for nearly half a century, has died, his TV production company Ora Media said in a statement Saturday.

He was 87.

Over a nearly 60-year career that spanned radio, cable television and the internet, the Brooklyn native estimated that he conducted more than 50,000 interviews — not one of which he prepared for in advance. But that off-the-cuff style, along with his raspy baritone delivery and trademark suspenders, made “Larry King Live” a popular prime-time draw on CNN from 1985 through 2010.

It was a run that helped build the cable news network into a major presence in American living rooms.

“I’m not confrontational, I’m not there to hammer the guests … I ask good questions, I listen to the answers, I follow up,” King told The Young Turks in a 2014 interview.

“I would have been uncomfortable pointing my finger at the president of the United States.”

However, King would say in 2019 that after being personally familiar with President Donald Trump for years, “This Donald is not the Donald I knew.”

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