Larry King was known for getting straight to the point during his long term career as a talk-show presenter and top rated Media Personality.

According to TMZ, Larry King’s net worth is reported to be $144 million. His estate, estimated to be valued around $2 million, would not include any assets held in trusts.

At the time of his death, Larry King was estimated to be worth $144 million. His wealth was shared among his 5 children namely, Andy, Chance, Chaia, Larry Jr and Cannon.

Larry King’s Profile

Net Worth	$144 million
Age	87 years
Wife	Shawn King
Occupation	Radio/TV host, Actor, Voice actor, Writer
Height	1.75 Meters
Children	5. 1 female, 4 males
Relationships	8 marriages
Date of Birth	19/11/1933
Date of death	23/01/2021

Larry King’s Children

• Chance, 21
• Larry King Junior, 59
• Cannon, 20
• Chaia (Late daughter)
• Andy (Late Son)

Before his death in 2021, Larry posted a picture with his sons on twitter after a dinner they had.

How did Larry King Die?

According to Entertainment Tonight, King, 87, died from COVID-19. Although his wife Shawn King asserts that, an infection called sepsis was the more immediate cause of death.

Larry King’s excludes wife, Shawn in a secrete will

This isn’t the first time that celebrity estate planning has been a shambles. Even Chadwick Boseman, the “Black Panther,” star who died in 2020, didn’t have a will either, same as many Americans do.

In contrast, even when a will exists, it might be convoluted, as was the case for John Mahoney, who played the father in “Frasier,” who died in 2018 with a list of 38 beneficiaries.

Larry King’s wife, Shawn King, who he was divorcing at the time of his death, is now opposing paperwork after his last will and testament took Shawn out of a $2 million estate. The will doesn’t include Shawn King’s name.

Shawn King has been married to Larry King for 22 years. He was a polygamous man so Shawn was his seventh wife.

According to a source in the New York Post’s Page Six, Shawn believes her husband was convinced into writing it, but she did not clarify. She was cited as adding, “We have a pretty watertight family estate plan.” “It exists still, and it is the rightful will of the people.” Period. And I’m confident it’ll hold up.”

From Shawn own mouth, they collaborated on the plan in 2015. Their supposed divorce hadn’t been confirmed yet.

However, Larry King’s estate proceedings have become even more difficult. Two of his children who died in 2019 are included in the most recent will.

According to a report by TMZ, His son, Larry King Jr. has petitioned to be designated as the estate’s manager.

Larry King Biography

Early Life

Larry King was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger on November 19, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Jennie Zeiger, a Lithuanian garment worker, and Aaron Zeiger, an Austrian-Hungarian restaurant manager.

He was the son of Jennie Zeiger, a Lithuanian garment worker, and Aaron Zeiger, an Austrian-Hungarian restaurant manager. In Brooklyn, King attended Lafayette High School.

His father died of a heart attack while he was a teenager, leaving his mother, brother, and himself reliant on government assistance.

Larry’s loss of his father whiles he was young had a significant impact on him, and he finally lost interest in school. He had always wanted to work in radio since he was a child. To kick-start his radio career, King would have to travel to Miami, Florida.

King’s Career

After some initial obstacles in settling in Miami, he first reached the airways in 1957 on WAHR. Larry was hired to clean up around the studio and do odd duties around the office, but when one of the station’s announcers abruptly departed, he was given the opportunity to go on the air.

On May 1, 1957, he made his debut as a disc jockey on the 9 a.m. to noon slot. He also did a sportscast and two afternoon newscasts. He received a weekly stipend of $50.

He was advised by the station manager to change his name to something less “ethnic.” Within two years, he had legally changed his name to Larry King, which he had picked up from a King’s Wholesale Liquor advertisement in the Miami Herald.

At Pumpernik’s restaurant in Miami Beach, he began conducting interviews for WIOD on a mid-morning show. He’d interview anybody who came through the door, his first interview was with a restaurant waitress.

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Two days later, singer Bobby Darin appeared out of nowhere and gave King his first celebrity interview.

Three years later, King made the transition to television, hosting the show “Miami Undercover.” Larry became a local celebrity as a result of the show. When he became a color commentator for the Miami Dolphins football team, he gained even more prominence.

In December 1971, King’s celebrity lifestyle couldn’t save him from a run-in with the law when he was accused of grand theft by former business partner Louis Wolfson.

He was briefly dismissed after being detained in Miami. He was subsequently employed by the Mutual Radio Network (now the Mutual Broadcast System), where he swiftly rose to prominence with “The Larry King Show,” which attracted a loyal following and over 500 affiliates.

With “Larry King Live,” which is presently CNN’s longest-running television program, King became a household celebrity in June 1985.

He would do interviews with important leaders, politicians, entertainment and business individuals. From 9 p.m. until 10 p.m., King would conduct his CNN show before heading to the Mutual Broadcasting System studios to perform his radio show.

In his interviewing method, King gained noted for his clear, quasi attitude. He developed a reputation for asking simple, open-ended questions to his subjects.

Throughout his career, King has done over 30,000 interviews. Larry King also published a newspaper column for USA Today for over 20 years during his stint on “Larry King Live.”

During his peak, millions of viewers tuned in to CNN’s “Larry King Live.” Ten Cable ACE Awards, two Peabody Awards, and a Golden Mike Award are among King’s honors.

During King’s time on CNN, a number of celebrities, including comedian Kathy Griffin, journalist/news anchor Dan Rather, and Kermit the Frog, filled in for him. King revealed on June 29, 2010, that he will be leaving his weekly hosting gig after 25 years.

Other Career Opportunities

King has appeared in a number of films and tv shows, including Ghostbusters, Shrek 2, and 30 Rock. In the 2016 film “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” King also played himself.

He moderated the third-party presidential discussion on Ora TV in 2012. In October 2011, he was the moderator of Kazakhstan’s sixth Kazenergy Eurasian Forum.

Larry King hosted the educational television series “In View with Larry King” from 2012 to 2013. On Twitter, King is quite active, posting comments and ideas on a wide range of topics. King also produces a number of TV infomercials.

Larry King’s Personal Life

King’s personal life has gotten almost as much attention as his hit television show. From his eight marriages, he has five children. At the age of 19, he wedded his high school girlfriend Freda Miller, but the union was dissolved a year later. 

He had two marriages with Playboy Bunny Alene Akins  Their first marriage, from 1962 to 1963, lasted only one year. They reconciled and remarried in 1969, only to divorce again in 1972.   His most recent marriage lasted from 1997 to 2019, when he filed for divorce from Shawn Southwick before he died.

Larry has also had a number of medical concerns, the majority of which have to do with his heart. In 1987, he had his first serious heart attack, which necessitated quintuple bypass surgery.

After that, he established the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, which helps people who might not be able to afford life-saving cardiac surgery and treatments.

He experienced a heart attack in April of 2020. He also stated in November of that year that he had suffered a stroke, which had put him in a coma for weeks. Suicidal ideas plagued him after his stroke.

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Andy and Chaia King, two of King’s children, died within weeks of each other in August 2020, according to reports. King lived in Beverly Hills and was frequently seen at Dodgers games behind home plate.

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