{"id":161696,"date":"2021-01-24T00:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T21:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/"},"modified":"2021-01-24T00:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T21:50:46","slug":"larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/","title":{"rendered":"#Larry King&#8217;s magnificent seven \u2014 his ex-wives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a350394f0c7a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a350394f0c7a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/#Shawn_Southwick\" >Shawn Southwick<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/#Julie_Alexander\" >Julie Alexander<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/#Sharon_Lepore\" >Sharon Lepore<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/#Mickey_Sutphin\" >Mickey Sutphin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/#Alene_Akins\" >Alene Akins<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/#Annette_Kaye\" >Annette Kaye<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/larry-kings-magnificent-seven-his-ex-wives\/#Freda_Miller\" >Freda Miller<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Larry King&#8217;s magnificent seven \u2014 his ex-wives<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Larry King, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/01\/23\/larry-king-dead-at-87\/\">who died Saturday<\/a> at the age of 87, was known almost as much for his multiple marriages and divorces as he was for being an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/01\/23\/here-are-larry-kings-10-most-memorable-interviews\/\">icon of broadcasting<\/a>. He was married eight times to seven different women. He was only 18 the first time. One was a math teacher, another a Playboy bunny. He once said he never cheated on any of them, though some of his exes disagreed \u2014 and at least one stepped out on him several times herself. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got married a lot,\u201d he once said. \u201cBut in my head, I\u2019m not a marrying guy. When I grew up, nobody lived together. If you fell in love, you got married. And so I married the ones that I loved. But what I loved at 20 is not what I loved at 30, and what I loved at 30 is not what I loved at 40.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shawn_Southwick\"><\/span>Shawn Southwick<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(married 1997; separated 2019)<\/p>\n<p>King\u2019s longest marriage was also his last \u2014 and the only one that lasted. Though King filed for divorce from Southwick, 61, in 2019, they were reportedly still married at the time of King\u2019s death. They have two sons, Chance, 21, and Cannon, 20. <\/p>\n<p>The two married in a hospital room in 1997 just before he underwent surgery to clear a blocked blood vessel. Southwick, a show biz vet with a background in acting and singing on TV shows in the 1970s and \u201980s, was the daughter of a longtime music manager. <\/p>\n<p>Though the marriage was rocky, due in part to their 26-year age difference and Southwick\u2019s rumored infidelity (including a reported dalliance with her son\u2019s baseball coach), Southwick <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared devastated when she learned King had filed for divorce. \u201cI was crushed, I had no idea that this was coming, it hurt yeah. I was totally blindsided.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Larry King and Shawn Southwick at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in West Hollywood, California in 2006.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-17134580 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-shawn-southwick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-shawn-southwick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-shawn-southwick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-shawn-southwick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-shawn-southwick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1333 1333w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Larry King and Shawn Southwick at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in West Hollywood, California, in 2006. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">zz\/NPX\/STAR MAX\/IPx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Julie_Alexander\"><\/span>Julie Alexander<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(married 1989; divorced 1992) <\/p>\n<p>King met businesswoman Julie Alexander and fell head over heels. He married her later that year in Washington, D.C. But it was over almost as fast as it began. They separated in 1990 and divorced two years later. Alexander told \u201cInside Edition\u201d in 2010 that she suspected King had cheated on her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Larry King and his sixth wife Julie Alexander in 1990.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-17134583 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-julie-alexander.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-julie-alexander.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-julie-alexander.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-julie-alexander.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-julie-alexander.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1333 1333w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Larry King and his sixth wife Julie Alexander in 1990.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sharon_Lepore\"><\/span>Sharon Lepore<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(married 1976; divorced 1983) <\/p>\n<p>Lepore, a former math teacher and TV production assistant, was among King\u2019s lowest-profile wives. It was King\u2019s second-longest marriage but also the most private. They were both mum on why they divorced.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Larry King and Sharon Lepore in 1989.\" class=\"wp-image-17134600 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-sharon-lepore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-sharon-lepore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-sharon-lepore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-sharon-lepore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-sharon-lepore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1333 1333w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Larry King and Sharon Lepore in 1989.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mickey_Sutphin\"><\/span>Mickey Sutphin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(married 1963; divorced 1967) <\/p>\n<p>The two reportedly met while working at a radio station in Miami and had a daughter, Kelly, who apparently was adopted by Sutphin\u2019s second husband.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alene_Akins\"><\/span>Alene Akins<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(married 1961; divorced 1963. Remarried 1967; divorced 1972) <\/p>\n<p>A former Playboy Bunny, Akins married King twice \u2014 with his marriage to Mickey Sutphin in between. They had a daughter, Chaia, and King adopted her son, Andy. Akins died in 2017, and King called her a \u201cgrand lady\u201d in a tweet. Both Chaia, then 51, and Andy, then 65, died in 2020. Chaia died from lung cancer and Andy from a heart attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Larry King and Alene Akins in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-17134624 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-alene-akins.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-alene-akins.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-alene-akins.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-alene-akins.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/larry-king-alene-akins.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1333 1333w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Larry King and Alene Akins in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Annette_Kaye\"><\/span>Annette Kaye<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(married 1961; divorced 1961) <\/p>\n<p>Their marriage lasted just one year but produced a son, Larry Jr., now 59. Larry King Jr. was in his 30s when he met his father. Kaye told King about their shared child in 1994 when she was dying of lung cancer.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Freda_Miller\"><\/span>Freda Miller<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>(married 1952; annulled 1953) <\/p>\n<p>King married his high school sweetheart Freda Miller when he was only 18. The marriage was annulled, apparently at her parents\u2019 request because they did not approve of the union.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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