American TV personality Larry King lived quite the life from worldwide fame to being married eight times before he sadly died this week.
The star behind his own programmes The Larry King Show and Larry King Live, died at the age of 87 following a battle with the coronavirus.
During his long life, he enjoyed many marriages and had five children, but sadly Larry lost two of his children within just weeks apart of one another in August 2020.
Larry’s daughter Chaia died just weeks after his son Andy passed away.
Andy died aged 65 on July 29 from a sudden heart attack just weeks before Chaia, 51, died a few short weeks later after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Larry King married eight times to seven different beautiful women (Image: The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
Larry’s wild love life saw him get married eight times to seven different women, wedding one of the women twice.
The US broadcasting legend fathered four children with three of his partners.
Larry first wed back in 1952 to his childhood sweetheart Freda Muller when he was only 19. However, it wasn’t meant to be as just a year later it was said to have been annulled.
The star then celebrated the big day with his second wife, Annette Kaye, in 1961. During their relationship she gave birth to his first child, 59-year-old Larry King Jr.
Sadly, the marriage only lasted for a matter of months as they divorced the same year they wed.
Larry had five children with three of his wives (Image: REUTERS)
Still determined to find love, Larry then tied the knot with a Playboy Bunny named Alene Akins in 1961.
The following year he adopted her son, Andy, who died last year.
Alene was the one woman Larry went back to.
Despite divorcing in 1963, the couple reconciled and re-married in 1967.
Larry King passed away this week after contracting Covid (Image: TWITTER)
Half a decade later they called it quits and went their separate ways – though did welcome their first child together, Chaia.
While Larry was single between their spilt from 1963 to 1967 he managed to squeeze in his fourth marriage.
In 1963 he tied the knot with Mary Francis “Mickey” Stuphin but it ended in 1967.
Following his second divorce from Alene, Larry went on to wed his production assistant and teacher Sharon Lepore in 1976.
Again, things weren’t meant to be and the pair divorced in 1983.
For a couple of years it looked like Larry had given up on finding the one and remained unmarried.
But in 1989 he met businesswoman Julie Alexander who he asked to be his sixth wife soon after.
Their fairytale didn’t last long and they divorced in 1992.
Larry’s most recent last marriage was to actress, and TV host Shawn Southwick in 1997 – and together they have sons Chance, 21, and Connor, 20.
The couple initially filed for divorce in 2010 only to reconcile their differences.
Sadly in August last year they divorced.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
