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Who are Larry King’s seven ex-wives?
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Who are Larry King's 7 ex-wives?
Freda Miller
King married his high school sweetheart Freda Miller when he was only 18 in 1952.
But the marriage was annulled.
This was apparently at her parents’ request because they did not approve of the union.
Julie Alexander
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Julie is a businesswoman, and met Larry in 1989.
The two were married for just a year before they seperated in 1990.
They ultimately divorced in 1992.
Sharon Lepore
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King was married to Sharon Lepore from 1976 to 1983.
Lepore, an ex-math teacher and TV production assistant, was among King’s lowest-profile wives.
This was King’s second-longest marriage but also the most private.
They were both tight-lipped on why they divorced.
Alene Atkins
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Alene and Larry got married and divorced twice, once in 1963, and again in 1971.
Atkins was formerly a Playboy bunny. The couple had one daughter together, a girl named Chaia.
In 2020, King has lost two of his adult children, including Andy, 65, whom he adopted and his daughter Chaia, 52.
Andy died on July 28 of this year from what the family said was a heart attack, and his daughter Chaia died on August 19 after succumbing to lung cancer.
Mickey Sutphin
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Mickey and Larry, who were married from 1964 to 1967.
They had a daughter named Kelly together.
She apparently was adopted by Sutphin’s second husband.
Annette Kay
Annette and Larry married in 1961 and stayed together for less than a year.
In that time, she gave birth to Larry Jr.
In a 2009 interview with journalist Anderson Cooper, King talked about not meeting Larry Jr. until his son was in his 30s.
He said: "That was extraordinary. Let me tell you. To sort of know I had a child.
“Probably I did. But I wasn't sure. And then to get the realization that I did.
“And then he turns out to be one of the great people — one of the great people I know.”
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Shawn Southwick King
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Shawn, 59, is an actress and producer, who's been in TV shows like Remington Steele in 1984 and Empty Nest in 1990.
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The couple married in 1997 in a hospital room — King was about to undergo heart surgery — and are the parents of 19 and 20-year-old sons Chance and Cannon.
Larry filed a divorce petition in 2019 citing irreconcilable differences.
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