Larry King spent his last show with Schwarzenegger and his double

The legendary American host, the highest -paid journalist in the world, the favorite of the public Larry King held his last program on CNN on Thursday evening. In Russia, the legendary TV presenter is known for his entertaining interview with Vladimir Putin, whose answer to the question about the submarine "Kursk" - "She drowned" - went down in history.

"Good evening and welcome to the last broadcast of the Larry King show. I knew that this day would come. But it was not easy to utter these words," the famous TV presenter said at the beginning of the program.

This time, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who expressed his gratitude to him for the shooting of the television program in Los Angeles, became the guest of King. Throughout the hour of Larry King Show, the most famous politicians, actors, singers and businessmen addressed it with the words of gratitude and love, ITAR-TASS reports.

Schwarzenegger presented a book dedicated to Larry King, noting that he was very sorry that the journalist was completing his enchanting career. “Keep in mind,” the TV presenter addressed him with the most famous phrase “Terminator”, “I'll BE Back!” ("I'll come back"). “I'll be back,” Schwarzenegger was not at a loss.

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"We love you very much, Larry," in turn, the US President Barack Obama admitted. Ex -President Bill Clinton, billionaire Donald Trump, also congratulated the host, but most of all, judging by the reaction, Larry liked one rather unusual guest - he himself.

The presenter was addressed by an actor dressed just like King that evening - in a black shirt, scarlet suspenders (Larry's corporate identity), a red tie in a white pea and dark frame glasses. The journalist could not cope with a laugh for the first minute, and then exclaimed: "Larry! You look amazing!" However, the interlocutor began to ask the presenter questions. "What do you like the most in me?" he asked Larry. “You know, I always told my son that among the normal ones you always have to be a little abnormal, and then something can happen,” King answered. “I think you are special.” "Your favorite question?" - the journalist continued to interview "himself". “Question“ why? ”King said.“ This is the best question because he makes the interlocutor think. ”

Throughout the program, the main guests of the studio were comedians, and by the end of the broadcast, they were joined by King’s wife Sean Sautvik and two of their children, which was very symbolic for the legendary journalist. The fact is that Larry wants to devote more time to the family now, but still does not leave hope to implement his main dream - to appear before compatriots as a comedian, and not a serious TV presenter. “My dream is to laugh people,” he once admitted.

Behind the 77 -year -old journalist - about 7 thousand television broadcasters, about 50 thousand interviews that will go down in the history of world television.

Parents of Larry - Jenny and Eddie Zeiger - Jews who emigrated from Belarus (father was from Minsk, a mother from Pinsk). Their first son Irwin was born in 1932, but died at the age of six from appendicitis. After Larry, another son was born in their family - Marty. Larry King began his labor biography bartender. Before coming to CNN in 1985, King worked on the radio for several decades. In just 25 years, more than six thousand issues of the show have been made. King is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as leading the most long television program in the history.

The guests of Larry King Show, which has been aired over the past 25 years, were Richard Nixon, Frank Sinatra, Nelson Mandela, Marlon Brando, Paul McCartney, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin , Colin Powell, Al Pacino, Stevie Uander, Jack Nicholson and many other famous personalities of the XX and XXI centuries.

Concluding his last show on Thursday, Larry spoke in a trembling voice, and in his eyes there were tears. “It was very sad to conduct the last program, but I will still work for CNN, I will make a number of projects for the radio and appear on the stage,” he promised. “I am not leaving, I just tell you“ to date ”, and I really want to tell you, my audience,“ thank you. ”

King has already become part of not only the media space, but also the American pop culture. His departure may marked the completion of an entire era in the television industry. The news of the decision to close the current show followed in the summer of 2010 due to a decrease in the rating of the program and family troubles of King itself.

King’s personal life is a popular topic in American tabloids. He was married eight times, for seven women. On his third wife, he married after a while again. With his current wife, Sean Sautwik King was about to get divorced, but then the couple changed his mind . The spouses have two sons of school age.

King, born in a family of immigrants from Belarus, is known as the author of a number of bestsellers, including “tell this King”, “Love Stories of the Second World War”, “What I learned from scholars, politicians and presidents” and “How to talk with anyone, anywhere and anywhere”.

In the summer of 2010, King announced the desire to leave his show on CNN in order to get the opportunity to engage in less time -consuming projects, as well as to spend more time with the family.

Evening interviews on CNN will continue without Larry . In January, the program “Piers Morgan Tonight” - “Tonight with the Pierce Morgan”, which will be the host of which will be the famous English television journalist will begin to be aired. The mission of Morgan is honorable, but extremely complex, because on Thursday evening, not a single viewer of the CNN channel had a doubt that the rule "The king died! Long live the king!" There is definitely an exception - by the name of Larry.