Larry King

Larry King, the legendary TV interviewer, has announced he will retire from hosting his prime time CNN chat show. Mr King, 76, made the announcement in a short post on Twitter. In it, he made a reference to his fashion: “It's time to hang up my nightly suspenders.” He said he wants to spend more time with his family and will do his last show in the autumn. King wrote: "I want to share some personal news with you. 25 years ago, I sat across this table from New York Governor Mario Cuomo for the first broadcast of Larry King Live. Now, decades later, I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the nightly show, this fall and CNN has graciously accepted, giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids' little league games.” The Larry King Live TV show made the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest running show with the same host in the same time slot. Mr King might also hold the record for the most number of interviews ever conducted – around 50,000. He chatted to almost every famous person on the planet, from royalty to presidents to rock stars and sports stars. He says that Nelson Mandela was the most extraordinary person he has met. King very modestly explained the secret to his success in his autobiography. He wrote: "All I do is ask questions. Short, simple questions." The talk is now about who will be his replacement. Mr King himself said: “I'm sure there's a ton of people who could do it.” He joked” “Come on. It's Q and A."