European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The Crown Prince of talk by Susan Baer Baltimore Sun Hether you a on the air 01 on a Treadmill win Larry King you move. Uale night schmooze Meister Larry King mn1/ have had a heart Flack and Quin Siiple bypass surgery a Little More thar a year ago he May have traded in his three pack a Day cigarette habit Lor a daily 40-Mihute workout he May have shrunk by 25 pounds and May be ordering broiled snapper Insl Sid o Pijon hold the Chavies but As the Man with Ine steel Blue Midnight voice will Oil you once an action Junkie always an action Junkie. You Don a change your personality King said in an in Eric in Washington i m an a personally. To Means i like controlling things i m a control Vioak. The. One Lucky beak in that is i have no pressure Al to Ghighi of 967 was that i signed a new contract ," he said and second to Ihal was Good chinese dinner i had in june that was in cycad of what he Calls the big Kahuna his heart attack and Max its later his bypass surgery. The terrifying. But successful surgery gave Way to the now improved smokeless and fitness conscious King look out Jane Fonaas wifi Asha now Book or. King you re having Ahja a Ziack published Yoela Coric press. Proceeds of hrs Book go to he Larry King cardiac foundation established to fund bypass surgery Lor those whoosh Elwise could it he said Hal the biggest change in his life is that since the heart attack two years ago. He has t had a cigarette surgeon general c. Everett Koop in act. Provided an Anli smoking message As the introduction to King s Book the absolute Best decision most important most drama lie a Pacl Olai of this was Idal i slopped smoking me. Hairy King who had smoked for 35 Yea Sand loved smoking and who never triad to Stop and. Who enjoyed n actually gave up this habit that would have been the last thing on his rnind.". King is a Little Curt Wuh cillers. Heck he can be downright rude so Why is it that same callers preface nos Tel Tor questions with love your show. Larry because they love his show. I thin i m a Good communicator to said of is Lale night talk show Host Larry King Lei with one of his favorite guests Frank Sinatra. Success. I listen to answers. 1 ask Short succinct questions. Questions thai people Wouter probably ask. I m a so Rcd Hind of interviewer i Don t pontificate.1 have a sense of humor. And i have a different kind of voice. All of those things by the Way. Wore gifts. I did t do anything other than Lake Iho Talent and make something it.". King said he was Horn curious born asking Why and has always been interested i people As opposed to things. Tod Koppl said he was raised in news and i was raised in features. So if we both Camp running up to a lire in Progress and the Loroman came walking Oul of the lire Ted Koppel s hrs quo lion would be what caused this fire my first question would be Why do you want to Fig fit fires that s absolutely Iroe. Thai s my kind of curiosity Whito some of is Favole Guys is through to his Csc i include Adlai Stevenson Lenny Bruce Frank Sinatra John Steinbeck Danny Kaye a said that everyone irom Cabinet makers to presidents make interesting guests if they Dvo passion for what they do an ability to explain what hey do or the Layman a sense of humor hopefully sem deprecating and a Little bit o a Capon there King learns Aboul his interview subjects ahead of Lime so he will be on equal fooling with his audience but rather than probe or play Devil s advocate As Koppel might he lets his subject take the stage. I have a kind of style that sort of works he said i m an open door i m Gonna Lei you come in. And i m no going to be abrasive and the less abrasive is More you re going to come the same Quick wilted go Lor it Quality Hal makes him a Success on the air Waves he said is the same Quality. That. In the. Pas has caused him personal trouble. I act on he said. And impulse has meant trouble Weslh Vromen i d meet a girl and immediately Como on of Strong and rouble with Money born Lawrence Harvey Zelgar Tho child of russian jewish immigrants who owned a bar and Grill in Brooklyn n.y., Young Larry who became Soj Nellig of a trouble maker alter his father died of heart disease when he was 10 knew from the staff what to wanted. To do with his life Al i Ever wanted to be was in broadcasting King said at 23. He went to Miami and having changed his name his first broadcast launched his radio career at Wahr a2sfl-v/atiamstalton within a Lew years he had become a hit with interview shows moved on to bigger stations and was also doing sports commentary television talks shows and wiling regular newspaper columns. Although he was making a lot of Money to was spending More expensive Clos hcs cars race track Bels. My ego was Carrot away with being Larry King 1 was living on a High = _ even Leasly his career came crashing Down when in. 1971, he was grand larceny charges. A Wealtny financier i Villi whom King was Irish Dawd three years earlier Given him $5,000 to relay to another parly Bill King used the Money to pay his la is Jho charges we re dropped because incs Lavulo of lion Illions had expired bul Inq scandal had ruined him in Debl and unemployed a age 38, he began rebuilding his career Loon of the Miami radio stations where he had previously worked. Finally in 1978, he accepted an Oiler from Mutual of a National Lalen Ghl. Talk show to be broadcast in 28 cities. These Days,.he is not Apt to self Deal fuel financially he said,."because i can l spend As much As 1 make boy onto that to has hired a Man Gomon company in new York to Lake Caro of All his Money concerns irom phone Bills to investment s As Lor women to has been Thiec times married Ivicolo she same woman a and three times divorced the father of two he Sliu sees his second sex vile to whom he was married just once and also has been with actress Angie Dickens ii for the last several years. She s a Friend he said i see her to would consider marriage again there Are times i m lonely you got up in the morning by your sell but said it would have to be a really Nice situation " it s Nice to Wake up in the morning with someone you love Nico to go to sleep Wilh your arms around someone you love Nice to be in Lovs. But that s something i m a so very aware Hal i can l control " King s no t1 project is a Book to is writing with lifelong Friend Herb Cohen about the neighbourhood in Brooklyn in which they grow up and As Long As his Treadmill can keep up Wilh him and As Long As he s on the air he has what he needs ii in a High he said of the Job that has made a celeb Only out of him. Like Sinatra says right before you go on stage whether you re 21 or 71. And the band goes Var Rumpl and you Tako that step 1 get that same thing when the Light goes on. It s like a Battery charge a Little loll. I could never understand people in my business doing drugs because in s such a High such a kick doing what you re doing i m not be Opp who. Use drugs because go a High i know what the need Lor a High is. I have a need for a daily High. In s us that i got such a Reward every night 1 gel a payroll every night. Getting to moot people and ask questions. God they pay you Tor this scats working any monday March 27,1969 the stars an d stripes Page 17
