On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:52 AM Phineas Gage <[email protected]> wrote:
> “Larry King, the suspendered impresario of cable television whose popular > CNN interview program — with its guest-friendly questions and > conversational banter — was a premier safe haven for the famous and > infamous to spill their secrets, hype their projects and soften their > image, died Jan. 23 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 87.” > > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/larry-king-tv-host-who-gave-boldface-names-a-cozy-forum-dies-at-87/2021/01/23/a1178fc2-4eaa-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html > One of the problems with eulogizing someone who had a ridiculously long career is that what set him apart from the pack in his early years is forgotten in favor of what he did later in life when he got rich and lazy. I used to listen to King late at night on Mutual radio in the early 80s and he was as good a talk radio host as there was. He was engaging and knew how to ask his guests sharp questions without causing a conflict. It was only in the mid-90s on CNN that it became clear that he no longer had it but instead of making him hang it up he was continually given a show for the next 25 years and that's what now forms his legacy. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiETAyW7Eb%3DTiijb9M2kZ8YGCuevhHGjdkbXSwiq5Asr7A%40mail.gmail.com.
