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Speaker's Biography:
Larry King
Host, "Larry King Live"
Larry King is the host of “Larry King Live,” the first worldwide phone-in television talk show. An Emmy-award winner and author of 12 books, he is considered a master of his profession within and beyond the industry. King has conducted more than 40,000 interviews, including every living U.S. president and first lady since the Nixon administration, world leaders, dignitaries and celebrities. King’s famed NAFTA debate between Al Gore and Ross Perot in 1993 broke ratings records in the cable industry. King is the recipient of a multitude of awards and honors. Among them, he has been inducted into five of the nation’s leading broadcasting halls of fame and is the recipient of the Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism, the George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, the News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interviewer, 10 CableACE awards and a New York Festival Awards for his Sept. 11 coverage. Beyond broadcasting, King received the Unity Award reporting on minority issues from Lincoln University of Missouri, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Public Service Award for his programming on depression, Harvard University’s Mahoney Award for increasing public awareness about neuroscience and the March of Dimes’ Roosevelt Award for his efforts on behalf of community volunteerism. He founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, helping individuals with heart disease pay for medical treatment. He is involved with the Save the Children Foundation, and he established a journalism scholarship at George Washington University’s School of Media and Affairs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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