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Larry King to end CNN show in autumn after 25 years

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-06-30 07:58

LOS ANGELES – Broadcast veteran Larry King announced on Tuesday that he would be ending his nightly "Larry King Live" show on CNN this coming autumn after 25 years on television.

CNN talk show host Larry King is shown prior to moderating a session "A Conversation With Sumner Redstone: If You Could Live Forever, What Would Life Be Like?" at the 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills,California April 29, 2009. [Agencies]

King, 76, said in a statement he would still host specials for CNN on major events, but wanted to spend more time with his wife and young children.

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Known for his non-confrontational style and for wearing colored suspenders, King has interviewed a broad array of guests from Hollywood stars to politicians and athletes.

"With this chapter closing I'm looking forward to the future and what my next chapter will bring, but for now it's time to hang up my nightly suspenders," King told viewers on Tuesday night's show.

"Larry King Live" recently made the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest running show with the same host in the same time slot.

King and his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick, called off their plans to divorce in May and reunited.