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Talk show host Larry King hospitalized with COVID-19, ABC reports

He’s being treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Talk show host Larry King, 87, is hospitalized with the coronavirus in Los Angeles, according to a report from ABC News.

A source close to King’s family confirmed his hospitalization to ABC News on Saturday.

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King hosted ā€œLarry King Liveā€ on CNN for over 25 years and had been treated for lung cancer previously.

The talk show host has had some health struggles over the years, including a major heart attack in 1987 and an angioplasty in April 2019, ABC News reports.

King also lost two of his children last summer when his son, Andy, died of a heart attack in July and his daughter, Chaia, died of lung cancer in August.

He is being treated for COVID-19 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to ABC News.

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