Talk:Larry King

Semi-protected edit request on 5 January 2021

This sentence is out of date information: 'According to CNN, King has conducted more than 30,000 interviews in his career.'

According to CNN (now), King has conducted more than 50,000 interviews. TaylorSearle86 (talk) 15:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Terasail II^[✉] 11:38, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2021

Change "Simmonds" to "Simmons" in the first sentence, second paragraph of the "Miami radio and TV" section.

Marshall Simmons was my uncle (brother to my mother, Carol Simmons), and cousin to Chester Simmons, the founder of ESPN. 73.253.112.237 (talk) 13:29, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

 Partly done: The source provided for King's name change mentions "the manager" but does not provide a name. Rather than leave unverified biographical info in the article, I removed the name entirely. If you have a reliable source for the name, please provide it in a new edit request. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 15:28, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2021

He did not receive an AIDS diagnosis, according to the articles cited. It was a COVID-19 diagnosis. 67.171.88.122 (talk) 13:29, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: I don't see anywhere in the article that claims an AIDS diagnosis. You may have seen vandalism that has since been corrected. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 15:29, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2021 (2)

To "Other Ventures" it should be noted that King was made an Advisor to Questcap (later Medivolve) in April, 2020. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/04/07/2013109/0/en/QuestCap-Appoints-Larry-King-to-Advisory-Board.html 116.48.77.16 (talk) 14:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Are there any better third-party sources for this, to demonstrate relevance/importance? All of the sources I found are verbatim copies of this press release. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 15:39, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: No independent source to add to what is probably just a routine, non-notable "advisor" position. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 17:49, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2021 (3)

Died: Fri, January 22, 2021 (87 years old) 2601:47:4382:68D0:4935:13D3:9E6:29EA (talk) 14:16, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

 Already done Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 15:30, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

What sources are saying that he died on Friday, January 22nd? MikaelaArsenault (talk) 15:31, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Oh goodness, you're right. The source that was in the article didn't have a date at all so I replaced it, but yes it's January 23. I interpreted the IP's request as just adding the fact that he died, which was already done. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 16:17, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

PoliticKING with Larry King

https://www.ora.tv/politicking

According to the show's website, the last new episode was in October of 2020. MikaelaArsenault (talk) 14:23, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

 Not done:. While the link given does list the last new episode in October (the 29th if I've read correctly) we should wait for an official notice for this. Shows like this often have pre-recorded episodes that may air posthumously, or may air tributes. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 15:36, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Cause of death

Some sources including the New York Times, CNN, and NBC News are not specifying a cause of death.

Should COVID-19 be removed until it has been officially confirmed? MikaelaArsenault (talk) 15:21, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

I removed the edit request template because this is not an edit request. The edit request template should only be used for uncontroversial edits, or edits which have been discussed and consensus demonstrated beforehand. You can use an RFC process if you want to tag a formal discussion, but I don't think it's needed for this point.

As of now, the article mentions that he was hospitalized for COVID-19, and a few days later he died, but does not say definitely that COVID-19 was the cause of death. That matches how reliable sources are describing the course of events, so while we should not say that he died of COVID-19, we should not remove it entirely. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 15:33, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Can the Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles category be removed until it has been confirmed? MikaelaArsenault (talk) 16:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't see that.  Done. Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 16:10, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

It’s alright, and thank you for doing that. MikaelaArsenault (talk) 16:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Somebody re-added the Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles category again. MikaelaArsenault (talk) 17:08, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

It should be removed as all sources are saying that the cause of death is as of yet unconfirmed. I believe that any reference to his death being caused by COVID should be removed given that it is speculation at best. Jurisdicta (talk) 17:57, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

The Huffington Post via Yahoo is saying that he died after a weekslong battle with COVID-19. MikaelaArsenault (talk) 18:00, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Conflicting Info Regarding Larry King's Religion

The last line of the Personal Life section states, "King was a Jewish agnostic", but the last line of the Legacy section states, "King said that he was an atheist". Though agnosticism and atheism are similar, in that they both doubt the existence of God, they are not the same thing. Both entries are sourced, though, and I am not the one to determine how this should be dealt with, if it needs to be dealt with at all. I just noticed the discrepancy and wanted to point it out. Thank you. 75.172.19.180 (talk) 18:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)