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Larry King in 1994 in the studio with Oliver North, then head of the National Rifle Association.
King grew up in New York and says he was a friend of the welfare state.
But he always treated Republicans and Democrats with the same openness.
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Larry King with Mike Tyson: Two nice, catchy names.
King was actually born as Larry Zeiger.
When he first started working on the radio, he decided to change his name.
His boss at the time said a Larry Zeiger would never make it big.
Horn-rimmed glasses, host wearers and shirts were later added as trademarks.
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Her father gave Larry King the last major interview before his death.
The CNN talk show king with Frank Sinatra's two daughters: (from left) Tina and Nancy.
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Elephant Round: Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore answer the New Yorker's questions in the White House.
He later recalled “the best interview I had with a US president.
He makes it easy to like him «.
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“Asking simple questions and listening carefully” - Larry King 1999 with Madonna, whose jacket squeaked in the studio and caused a lot of laughs.
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Larry King interviewed all US presidents from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
Even if not always during their tenure, for example in the case of Trump, whom he invited to the studio when he was in New York.
The photo shows King with the number 43, George W. Bush.
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Larry King on January 1, 2000 with Bill Gates: His interview style was characterized by everyday questions and many whys.
Most of the time, he didn't cheat his guests, but just let them talk.
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Two TV legends among themselves: Larry King interviews Martha Stewart for his program "Larry King Live".
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Mark Geragos, Michael Jackson's defense attorney, at King in the studio: The show ran on CNN for 25 years, from 1985 to 2010.
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King, whose mother was from Belarus, interviewed Vladimir Putin.
After leaving CNN and taking a break, he continued online: "Larry King Now" and "Politicking with Larry King" ran on his own internet station Ora and Hulu, and from 2013 they were also taken over by the Russian state broadcaster Russia Today.
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Talk legends: King on the sofa of his colleague Jay Leno.
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King has aired more than 60,000 interviews in over 60 years.
But he did not get any answers from some interviewees, for example from Uggie, the film dog from "The Artist".
King died on Saturday morning in Los Angeles, he was 87 years old.
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