Remembering The King

Die Weltwoche columnist, Amy Holmes, pays tribute to the legendary broadcaster and global media star, Larry King. For over ten years, Holmes appeared as a regular guest at Larry’s political roundtable and later, toward the end of Larry’s seven decade career, a trusted fill-in host.

“How’s your love life?”  For years, it was the first question Larry would ask me as I settled into the chair while the control room adjusted audio levels and confirmed our satellite connection.  It was Larry’s way of confirming a personal connection to charm and disarm me to make good TV.
I first started doing his show during the 2008 presidential election for CNN.  To sit opposite Larry King, the king of political talk who had interviewed every US president, world leader, Hollywood celebrity, and Tammy Faye, was overwhelming.  But he had a special gift of putting his guests, famous and unknown, notorious and inglorious, at their ease.  He did ...