
In this moment, we need a little time and privacy to heal. My family and I thank you for your outpouring of kind sentiments and well wishes.

"Losing them feels so out of order," King added in his post Saturday. "No parent should have to bury a child. Larry and Chaia co-wrote a book in 1997 called "Daddy Day, Daughter Day." The two opened up in the illustrated children's book about King's second split from Akins and offered ideas about how spending quality time together can help heal the pain of a family going through divorce. I thank you for respecting that.Ī post shared by Larry King on at 5:50pm PDT Andy passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 28th, and Chaia passed on August 20th, only a short time after having been diagnosed with lung cancer. Both of them were good and kind souls and they will be greatly missed. It is with sadness and a father's broken heart that I confirm the recent loss of two of my children, Andy King, and Chaia King. He adopted Akins son Andy in 1962 the couple divorced the following. King also shares son Larry Jr., 58, with Annette Kaye and sons Chance, 21, and Cannon, 20, with actress Shawn King, with whom he filed for divorce last year after 22 years of marriage. Larry King was an American television and radio host, whose awards included 2 Peabodys.
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King adopted Akins' son Andy after the couple married in 1961 (the TV host has been married eight times to seven women). The two later split and remarried, after which they welcomed Chaia. "It is with sadness and a father's broken heart that I confirm the recent loss of two of my children, Andy King, and Chaia King," he wrote. "Both of them were good and kind souls and they will be greatly missed."Īndy and Chaia were two of King's five children, both with former Playboy bunny Alene Akins, who died in 2017. Andy, 65, died "unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 28" and Chaia, 51, "passed on August 20, only a short time after having been diagnosed with lung cancer."

The veteran television host, 86, shared the news of both deaths simultaneously in an announcement Saturday night. Larry King is mourning the death of two of his children, Andy and Chaia King, who died within weeks of each other.
