Shawn Southwick is an actress and the former wife to TV news personality Larry King. She served as host of the television show Hollywood Insider in the 1980s.
In July 2008, Shawn Southwick was admitted into rehab for an addiction to painkillers. She had been taking the medication for chronic migraines. In November of 2008, Larry King reportedly caught Shawn having an affair with their son's baseball coach, Hector Penate.
Larry King Fast Facts
- Born: November 19, 1933
- Birth name: Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
- Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
- Jewish background
- First radio job: WIOD radio station in Miami Beach, Florida in 1957
- Suffered a heart attack on February 24, 1987
- Hosts CNN program: Larry King Live
- Previous wives: Julie Alexander, Sharon Lepore, Alene Akins, Mickey Sutphin and Frada Miller
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Shawn Oro Engemann
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Studio City, California
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Married King on September 5, 1997
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King's sixth wife
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Former vocalist and model
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Has two children with King
Chance Armstrong and Cannon Edward King
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One child named Danny Southwick with ex husband Daniel Southwick
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Entered drug rehab in June 2008 for addiction to pain killers
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Upon marriage, she became Larry King's seventh marriage
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