Larry King

Larry King is an American radio, print, and television journalist. He is a well-known television personality and was the host of the Larry King Live show on CNN. The Larry King Live show was created in 1985 and was one of CNN's most recognized show for twenty-five years. King himself has been married a total of seven times throughout his life.

King announced his intent to leave his long-running talk show Larry King Live first in a message sent on Twitter, saying "It's time to hang up my nightly suspenders," then in a longer statement read on his show on June 29, 2010.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/larry-king-time-hang-suspenders/story?id=11052787 The final Larry King Live show is slated to air December 16, 2010.http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/16/132106119/larry-king-signs-off-tonight-what-would-you-ask-him

Following the announcement, rumors began to circulate as to who would take over for him, with British talk show host and reality show judge Piers Morgan highly favored as the front runner.http://perezhilton.com/2010-08-12-piers-morgan-is-taking-over-for-larry-king CNN announced September 8, 2010, that Piers Morgan would take over for Larry King starting in January 2011.http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/08/morgan.replaces.king/index.html?iref=allsearch

King's most recent wife, Shawn Southwick, is an actress who previously served as host of the TV show, Hollywood Insider. Together, the couple have two children, Chance Armstrong King and Cannon Edward King. Chance, the couple's first child, was born in 1999 and Cannon was born one year later, in 2000.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005092/bio On April 14, 2010, TMZ reported that the couple was going to split up. After allegations of infidelity, divorce papers were reportedly been filed in a Los Angeles courthouse.http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/14/shawn-king-larry-king-divorce-argument-shawn-southwick-beverly-hills-infidelity-cheating/

News of the divorce between King and Southwick began to spread on the iInternet after TMZ issued an exclusive report on the matter.http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/14/shawn-king-larry-king-divorce-argument-shawn-southwick-beverly-hills-infidelity-cheating/ The celebrity news and gossip website stated the King and Southwick made the decision to separate after "an explosive argument" occurred at their house in the Beverly Hills area.http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/14/shawn-king-larry-king-divorce-argument-shawn-southwick-beverly-hills-infidelity-cheating/

News about the divorce was also accompanied by rumors of infidelity. Shawn Southwick apparently suspected that King had an affair with one of her close relatives. Neither Southwick nor King have made any immediate statements on these accusations.

The couple later apparently had a change of heart, both opting to halt divorce proceedings and releasing a joint statement that read, "We love our children, we love each other, we love being a family. That is all that matters to us."http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37096069/ns/today-entertainment/

Larry King has had as colorful a life as any of his interview subjects. The son of blue collar workers, he worked to help support his mother and brother as soon as he graduated high school, and entered broadcasting with no formal training. King has been married seven times to six women, and has children with three of his ex-wives and one with an ex-girlfriend. King has been romantically linked with movie and television star Angie Dickinson and former Playboy models.

According to the online entertainment website "TheWrap," America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan will take over in the 9 p.m. weeknights slot on CNN - the spot previously held by the Larry King Live show.