Larry King is a television personality known for serving 25 years on the TV show 'Larry King Live.' It is his longest-running television show on CNN. Larry has married seven-women throughout his life, and he married the same woman twice.
Let's explore Larry King's ex-wife and find the details about his children.
History Of Larry King Relationship
1) Freda Miller
In 1952, when King was just 18 years old, he married his high school sweetheart Freda Miller. Unfortunately for the couple, their parents against their marriage and reportedly had their marriage invalidated within a year.
2) Annette Kaye
The acclaimed TV celebrity Larry got hitched to Annette Kaye in 1961, but his second marriage lasted less than a year. His first son, Larry Jr, was born from the same. King did not meet Larry Jr until the latter was in his thirties.
3) Alene Akins
Larry King again got married for the third time in 1961. He walked down the aisle with former Playboy model Alene Akins. Interestingly, he got married to her twice, first in 1963 and then in 1971. The couple was blessed with a daughter named Chaia when they married for the second time. Larry adopted Akins’ son when they got married for the first time.
4) Mary Francis “Mickey” Sutphin
Larry King fell in love with Mickey Sutphin. They got hitched in 1964 and lasted 1967. The duo welcomed a daughter named Kelly from their marriage. After a divorce, he then again got married to Alene Akins, as mentioned earlier.
5) Sharon Lepore
After a divorce with Alene Akins, Larry King married for the sixth time with Sharon Lepore. They were married in 1976, then lasted in 1983. Sharon Lepore is a former Math teacher and also worked as a production assistant early in her career. It is also his second marriage that lasted long.
6) Julie Alexander
Larry King’s sixth wife was Julie Alexander. King met businesswoman Julie Alexander in early 1989 and proposed to her on the couple's first date in August 1989. The two got married in Washington, D.C. King, and their marriage ended in 1990, but divorce was finalized in 1992. After the divorce, King also got engaged to actress Deanna Lund in 1995, after five weeks of dating, but they never got married.
7) Shawn Southwick
Larry King’s eighth and last marriage was with Shawn Southwick. The pair wed in 1997, and their relationship lasted for 22 years. Things started to break when Shawn’s cheating allegations surfaced online. They decided to live separately in 2008.
Larry King and his ex-wife Shawn Southwick (©: people.com)
Shawn was alleged to have an affair with one of their son’s baseball coaches and soon admitted to these allegations. Despite these problems, Larry and Shawn reconciled their romance some months later.
The couple managed to stay together for a couple of years more. During this time, Shawn has several other cheating allegations that kept surfacing online. Finally, Larry decided to file for a divorce in 2019. He cited 'irreconcilable differences' as the reason.
Larry King's Children
Larry King has five children throughout eight marriages. Larry King has been married to Freda Miller, Annette Kaye, Alene Akins (second times), Mickey Sutphin, Sharon Lepore, Julie Alexander, and Shawn Southwick. Let's explore the details of his children.
1) Larry King Jr
King was later briefly married to Annette Kaye in 1961 and later welcomed their son, Larry Jr., in November 1961.
King reportedly did not make a public appearance to his son, Larry Jr., until thirty years later. The host shocked his fans in 2009 when he revealed that he had a son with Kaye. He introduced his son, Larry King Jr., to the world on his CNN show, 'Larry King Live.'
2) Andy King
In 1961, King married his third wife, Alene Akins, a former Playboy model. King legally adopted Alene's son Andy in 1962, from the first time of marriage, although the couple divorced the following year.
On 28 July 2019, aged 65, Andy died from a heart attack from what the family said.
3) Chaia King
King remarried Akins, with whom he had a second child, Chaia, in 1969.
In 1997, Chaia collaborated with her father Larry co-wrote a book called Daddy Day, Daughter Day. Sadly, she died on August 19, 2020, aged 51, after suffering from lung cancer.
King expressed sorrow at his children's passing this summer, calling the deaths of Andy and Chaia a double tragedy.
'It is with sadness and a father's broken heart that I confirm the recent loss of two of my children, Andy King, and Chaia King,' he wrote in August. 'Losing them feels so out of order. No parent should have to bury a child,' he continued.
4) Chance King
Chance Armstrong King was born in March 1999. It came after King married his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick, a singer, actress, and TV host. The couple got married in King's Los Angeles hospital room three days before King underwent heart surgery to clear a clogged blood vessel.
Chance is now a high school graduate who is currently working in North Carolina.
5) Cannon King
Cannon King was born to parent Larry King and Shawn Southwick in May 2000. Cannon is currently a high school student, and he is a basketball player.