Larry King, TV chatshow veteran, in hospital with coronavirus – reports

The 87-year-old is reportedly being treated at the Cedar-Sinai medical centre in Los Angeles after contracting coronavirus

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Veteran talk show host Larry King, 87, is being treated at a Los Angeles hospital for Covid-19, according to multiple US reports. CNN, his employer for many years, said he had been in hospital for a week.

Larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he is fighting this one hard too, he's a champ," ABC News reported a source close to the family as saying, after the story was originally reported in a showbiz column.