OK Magazine
Larry King had eight engagements and marriages with seven women before his death on January 23, 2021.
“I think in my life I have loved three people — married all three,” King told CBS News when asked about his weddings. “The other marriages I wasn’t in love. It was the thing to do. I used to say, what if your wife called urgent on one line, on the other CNN called urgent … which one do you pick up? … I used to say CNN.”
Larry married his high school sweetheart, Freda Miller, in 1952. After their marriage was annulled by their parents the following year, he went on to pop questions to several women, including Annette Kaye, Alene Akins, Mary Francis “Mickey” Sutphin, Sharon Lepore and Julie Alexander.
Shawn Southwick was his last wife, but he filed for divorce from her in 2019.
“We had a big age difference, and that eventually takes its toll,” Larry said. “It became an issue. Also, [Shawn] is a very religious Mormon, and I’m an agnostic atheist, so that eventually causes little problems. We overcame a lot, but eventually, it became a ships-passing-in-the-night situation.”
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