Larry King's career in pictures

2010: Larry King speaks during the Larry King Live: Disaster in the Gulf Telethon held at CNN LA Photograph: Jordan Strauss/WireImage.com Photograph: Jordan Strauss/guardian.co.uk King in the 1980s with a microphone bearing the logo of the Mutual Radio Network, for which he hosted a successful late-night phone-in from 1978 to 1984 Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features Photograph: Everett Collection/guardian.co.uk 1986: King and Rudolph Giuliani – then an increasingly high-profile district attorney, later mayor of New York Photograph: Ron Galella/WireImage Photograph: Ron Galella/guardian.co.uk 1989: King as a guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno – then merely a stand-in for Johnny Carson Photograph: NBCUPHOTOBANK/Rex Features Photograph: NBCUPHOTOBANK/guardian.co.uk 1992: King with President George HW Bush Photograph: Pat Sullivan/AP Photograph: Pat Sullivan/guardian.co.uk 1994: Marlon Brando plants a kiss on King during the taping of a show at Brando's house in Coldwater Canyon Photograph: Joan Adlen Photography/Getty Images Photograph: Joan Adlen Photography/guardian.co.uk 1995: King is crowned King of Brooklyn at the Welcome Back Festival in New York Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press/guardian.co.uk 2000: King moderates a Republican presidential debate between John McCain, Alan Keyes and George W Bush Photograph: Paul Richards/AFP Photograph: Paul Richards/guardian.co.uk 2002: King with Heather Mills McCartney Photograph: Bill Bernstein/AP Photograph: Bill Bernstein/guardian.co.uk 2002: King doused with powder – for a comedy sketch – at the 54th annual Emmy Awards Photograph: Corbis Photograph: guardian.co.uk 2003: Elizabeth Taylor shows King a diamond ring from her marriage to Richard Burton Photograph: CNN/Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk 2003: Tom Cruise, promoting The Last Samurai, teaches King how to use a sword Photograph: Chris Pizzello/WireImage Photograph: Chris Pizzello/guardian.co.uk 2005: King with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and his three girlfriends Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson Photograph: Rose M Prouser/AFP Photograph: Rose M Prouser/guardian.co.uk 2006: King and his wife Shawn arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party Photograph: Phil McCarten/Corbis Photograph: Phil McCarten/guardian.co.uk 2006: King interviewing W Mark Felt, the man known as 'Deep Throat', the key source for Washington Post reporters during the Watergate investigation Photograph: AFP Photograph: guardian.co.uk 2007: King speaks to Barack Obama after a Democratic presidential primary debate Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP Photograph: Charles Krupa/guardian.co.uk 2007: Oprah Winfrey joins King for his 50th anniversary Photograph: Michael Caulfield/WireImage Photograph: Michael Caulfield/guardian.co.uk 2007: Paris Hilton talks to King, her first TV interview since her release from jail for violating probation terms on a drink-driving conviction Photograph: Rex Features Photograph: guardian.co.uk 2008: King unveils the sign at Larry King Square, outside the CNN building in Hollywood Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press/guardian.co.uk 2010: Cast, crew and volunteers pose during the Larry King Live: Disaster in the Gulf Telethon Photograph: Jordan Strauss/Getty Images Photograph: Jordan Strauss/guardian.co.uk