Larry King’s sons talked about the devastation of losing their ‘wonderful father’ to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are saddened by the death of our father, and with our extended family mourn her passing,” Larry King, Jr., Chance King and Cannon King said in a joint statement late Saturday, hours after the 87-year-old TV -legendous death.
“The world knew Larry King as a great announcer and interviewer, but to us he was ‘dad,'” the trio, King’s surviving children, said after losing two last year.
“He was the man who was lovingly obsessed with our daily schedules and our well-being, and who was so proud of our accomplishments – big, small or imagined,” wrote them.
“And through it all, we in the world no doubt knew that he loved us more than life itself.
‘He was a wonderful father and he was very loyal to those who were happy to call him a friend. We will miss him every day of our lives, ‘said the three boys.
“The outpouring of love and the memories of his remarkable career touched us deeply and we are so grateful,” they asked to make donations to the American Heart Association or the Beverly Hills Fire Department EMS instead of flowers.
They signed the statement ‘with deep appreciation’.
The former CNN star has died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The cause of death was coronavirus, his sixth wife Julia Alexander confirmed to The Post in a telephone interview from her home in Florida.
His death came several months after he lost his son Andy and daughter Chaia, who died within 23 days of each other.
His eldest surviving son, Larry King Jr. (59), was with Annette Kaye, the second of the legendary newsman’s seven wives.
Cannon, 20, and Chance, 21, were both with his wife, Shawn Southwick King, with whom he was allegedly still married at the time of his death, despite having filed for divorce earlier in 2019.