Two of Larry King’s Children Die Within Days

Talk-show host Larry King has suffered a double tragedy: Two of his adult children have died within days of each other. Andy King, 65, died suddenly last week of a heart attack, and Chaia King, 51, lost her battle with lung cancer on Thursday. King, 86, who suffered a severe stroke in May, called them “good and kind souls.”

"Losing them feels so out of order. No parent should have to bury a child," he tweeted. Chaia was his daughter with ex-wife Alene Akins, and he adopted Alene’s son Andy from a previous relationship. In February, King told People: “I don’t have any idea of what 2020 is going to be like. But I can still work and I can watch my kids grow up. I feel positive—and hopeful.”