{"id":65388,"date":"2021-01-03T10:24:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=65388"},"modified":"2021-01-03T10:24:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:24:57","slug":"veteran-us-broadcaster-larry-king-hospitalised-with-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=65388","title":{"rendered":"Veteran US broadcaster Larry King ‘hospitalised with Covid’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk: Veteran broadcaster Larry King has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated at a hospital in Los Angeles, according to US media.<\/p>\n

Sources close to his family told ABC News and his former employer CNN that he has been at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre for over a week.<\/p>\n

In a career spanning over 60 years, King has multiple accolades, including two Peabody Awards and an Emmy.<\/p>\n

He has faced several health problems in recent years, including heart attacks.<\/p>\n

Representatives for King, 87, have not publicly commented on his hospitalisation, and details of his current condition are unclear.<\/p>\n

“Larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he is fighting this one hard too, he's a champ,” a source told CNN.<\/p>\n

News of his hospital treatment was first reported on 1 January by entertainment outlet Showbiz 411, which noted that he was being treated in isolation and was unable to receive family visits.<\/p>\n

King rose to fame in the 1970s with his radio programme The Larry King Show, on the commercial network Mutual Broadcasting System.<\/p>\n

He was then the host of Larry King Live on CNN, between 1985 and 2010, holding interviews with a host of guests, including politicians, athletes, entertainment figures, and conspiracy theorists.<\/p>\n

He also wrote a column for the USA Today newspaper for over 20 years.<\/p>\n

Most recently, King hosted another programme, Larry King Now, on Hulu and RT, Russia's state broadcaster.<\/p>\n

During his career, the interviewer has faced multiple problems with his health, including diabetes, angina, heart attacks and lung cancer.<\/p>\n

Two of his five children also died last year within weeks of each other – one from a heart attack, another from lung cancer.<\/p>\n

In 1988 he founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, a charity which helps to fund heart treatment for those with limited financial means or no medical insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: Veteran broadcaster Larry King has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated at a hospital in Los Angeles, according to US media. Sources close to his family told ABC News and his former employer CNN that he has been at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre for over a week. In a career spanning over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":65389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n