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This is an archive article published on January 3, 2021

Larry King hospitalised with coronavirus: Reports

Citing an unidentified person close to the family, CNN said Larry King is undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Larry King’Hospital protocols have kept Larry King’s family members from visiting him. (Photo: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday.

Citing an unidentified person close to the family, CNN said the 87-year-old King is undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Hospital protocols have kept Larry King’s family members from visiting him.

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The Peabody Award-winning broadcaster was among America’s most prominent interviewers of celebrities, presidents and other newsmakers during a half-century career that included 25 years with a nightly show on CNN.

He has had medical issues in recent decades, including heart attacks and diagnoses of diabetes and lung cancer.

Last year, Larry King lost two of his five children within weeks of each other. Son Andy King died of a heart attack at 65 in August, and daughter Chaia King died from lung cancer at 51 in July, Larry King said then in a statement.

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