• Emmy-winning broadcaster Larry King has died at 
  • the age of 87, his company said in a statement.
  • He passed away on Saturday morning in Los Angeles.
  • Earlier this month, it was reported that he had
  •  been battling COVID-19 in hospital.

Television legend and Emmy-winning political host Larry

 King has died at the age of 87, his company Ora Media

 said in a statement.

He passed away on Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai

 Medical Centre in Los Angeles, the statement said.

The post did not state the cause of death.

At the start of January, it was revealed that King had been

 battling COVID-19 in hospital for ten days.

In November 2019, King revealed that he had suffered 

a stroke that year and was in a coma "for weeks," according

 to The Hill.

In 2017, he had a cancerous tumor in his lung removed.

King was best known for his show "Larry King Live." He 

hosted the television talk show nightly for over two decades.

It was CNN's most-watched and longest-running show.