CNN has confirmed that Larry King was hospitalized for COVID-19. A source close to his family tells CNN — the network which aired his daily talk show “Larry King Live” from 1985 until 2010 — that the 87-year-old broadcaster was admitted to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles more than a week ago – but has since been released from the ICU.
A source close to the family told NBC News, King reportedly contracted COVID-19 from a healthcare worker who visited his home.
CNN’s report corroborates an earlier one from Roger Friedman’s Showbiz 411, who wrote that King “is battling COVID in a famed Los Angeles hospital.” King’s wife, Shawn King, and their two sons, Chance and Cannon, have been unable to visit him; according to Friedman, Shawn