Larry King, the famed interviewer whose career spanned more than six decades, has died.
A cause of death was not given, but Kingwas hospitalizedearlier this month with COVID-19.
He believed considered questions usually provided the best answers and he was not wrong in that belief."
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King operated on a perpetually fascinated level, fueling an interviewing style that probed without ruffling feathers.
So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening."
King was born Lawrence Harvey Ziegler in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1933.
I didn’t want to do anything else."
Just before he went on, the station manager told him his surname was too ethnic.
A newspaper happened to be open to an ad for King Liquors, and Larry King was born.
The scandal kicked him off the airwaves for three years.
Reporting contributed by Kirven Blount.
